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Alumnus' personal experiences prompt book reframing a children's classic(Little Engine That Could)
Penn State News ^ | 07/18/2021 | staff

Posted on 07/18/2021 4:59:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

A Penn State alumnus with credits as a writer, designer, podcast host, children’s author and teacher brings one overarching desire to his work — to help others move up in life, just as others have helped him — and his most recent book provides the next chapter in that effort.

Bob McKinnon, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Penn State in 1990, focuses on social good. His recently released children’s book, “Three Little Engines,” provides a modern retelling of the beloved classic, “The Little Engine that Could.” While the original asked young readers to believe in themselves (“I think I can, I think I can”), “Three Little Engines” asks people to believe in and help each other (“I think we can, I think we can.”)

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Proving once again that leftists can politicize anything a wonderful children's tale has been hijacked.
1 posted on 07/18/2021 4:59:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen
Ditto...it's disgusting and obscene.

FMCDH(BITS)

2 posted on 07/18/2021 5:07:50 PM PDT by nothingnew
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To: Kid Shelleen

There’s the Joe Biden version…..

Can I think? Can I think? Can I think? Why is everything so hard?


3 posted on 07/18/2021 5:10:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

“There’s the Joe Biden version… Can I think? Can I think? Can I think?”

Not not mention the o’bama version

“I,I,I,I I,I,I, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME”


4 posted on 07/18/2021 5:27:55 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Aw shaddup, McKinnon


5 posted on 07/18/2021 5:40:09 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The way to raise good little collectivists who can’t think for themselves.


6 posted on 07/18/2021 6:06:05 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

In the new improved version, do sneering white kids hate the train because it is black?


7 posted on 07/18/2021 6:42:13 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: Kid Shelleen


Librarian: Now, I'm going to let you have "The Little Engine That Could" on the basis that you might learn something. Though we both know you won't. You think anyone can teach you anything?

Al: Well, you've just taught me that even the slightest movement can make a fat person sweat.
8 posted on 07/18/2021 6:53:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kid Shelleen; All

I’d have to read the book, but it seems from the article that his idea is it is good when people help each other out and work together to solve problems, and that we should reflect with gratitude on the help we have received and pass it along.

These ideas don’t strike me as evil, but they also don’t sound like CRT or socialism, either.

There really needs to be a balance between subsidiarity (letting the smallest government or social unit possible take care or the problem) and solidarity (people working together to solve problems).

Ever helped someone whose car had broken down? Ever been helped when your car broke down?


9 posted on 07/18/2021 7:49:26 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: Chicory

Yeah, it takes a village, right? /s


10 posted on 07/19/2021 6:26:55 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The author is a graduate of Pedophile State. What would you expect?


11 posted on 07/19/2021 6:44:10 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Colorado Doug

What did I say? It takes balance.

Even here on FR, I see people asking for advice, for information, for prayers.

As far as I can tell from the article and the guy’s website, he seems to be promoting seeing help and being grateful for it.

We really can’t let the left hijack everything.


12 posted on 07/19/2021 9:24:44 AM PDT by Chicory
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To: Kid Shelleen

This reminds me of that monstrosity, “The Rainbow Fish”

https://bookriot.com/the-rainbow-fish/


13 posted on 07/19/2021 9:27:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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