The Little Engine That Could (Never Grow Old Stories)

8 1/4 x 6 3/8. Original red cloth, blue stamped titles & front board illustration. Color & black and white illustrations throughout by Lois Lenski - a fairly early example of her work (though she contributed illustrations to several books in the 1920s, she considered this her apprentice period). A classic children's story released under various titles and versions (most notably The Pony Engine) during the early 20th century, but first issued as The Little Engine That Could in 1930. Arnold Munk, the author who wrote pseudonymously as Watty Piper, personally hired Lois Lenski to provide new illustrations for this publication. This version of the story has become the most popular and widely collected, likely not in small part due to Lenski's contributions.