[LM_NET] Copy of Loren Lang's LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD

[Debbie Reese <debreese@ILLINOIS.EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,

I've just learned that Loren Lang added an Indian 
girl in buckskin to his illustration of Piper's 
LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD. Unfortuntely, the book 
is checked out at our local library. Online, I 
was able to see a few of the pages on Lang's site, but I'd like to know...

Did Lang replace the little girl with ringlets, 
wearing a bonnet with the Indian girl in 
buckskin? Or the girl with brown hair, wearing a big yellow bow?

I wonder why Lang added the Indian girl? This is 
a train full of toys...  There was no Indian doll 
in the original edition/illustrations...  I 
wonder why he added this? I wonder if it is meant 
to be multicultural, like an Indian Barbie doll, 
or maybe Kaya? I wonder if he has a daughter?

If anyone can pull their copy of the Lang 
illustrated edition and write to me, I'd 
appreciate it! My email is debreese@illinois.edu.

Thanks,
Debbie



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Debbie A. Reese (Nanbé Ówîngeh)
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Urbana, Illinois 61801

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