The Little Engine That Could

American children's tale
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The Little Engine That Could
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The Little Engine That Could

Summary

The Little Engine That Could is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Little Engine That Could authored Arnold Munk[3].
  • The Little Engine That Could's image is recorded as Little Engine-1949-008.png[4].
  • The Little Engine That Could's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Little Engine That Could's illustrator is recorded as Lois Lenski[6].
  • The Little Engine That Could's publisher is recorded as The Platt & Munk Co.[7].
  • The Little Engine That Could's genre is recorded as children's literature[8].
  • The Little Engine That Could's based on is recorded as The Pony Engine[9].
  • The Little Engine That Could's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5266166414916302740007[10].
  • The Little Engine That Could's Commons category is recorded as The Little Engine That Could[11].
  • The Little Engine That Could's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • The Little Engine That Could's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • The Little Engine That Could's publication date is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Little Engine That Could's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n7nb[15].
  • The Little Engine That Could's has edition or translation is recorded as The Little Engine That Could[16].
  • The Little Engine That Could's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 52797[17].
  • The Little Engine That Could's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Little Engine That Could'}[18].
  • The Little Engine That Could's NNL item ID is recorded as 002375037[19].
  • The Little Engine That Could's derivative work is recorded as The Little Engine That Could[20].
  • The Little Engine That Could's derivative work is recorded as The Little Engine That Could[21].
  • The Little Engine That Could's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 258562[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Little Engine That Could authored Arnold Munk[3].

Why It Matters

The Little Engine That Could ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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