In these dog days, there isn't enough cynicism to go around. To provide your cynicism-fix, try a little Rat as children's book author and illustrator. Goat is a killjoy and Pig is... well, Pig. If this is (fair & balanced) anthropomorphic misanthropy, so be it.
[x Pearl Before Swine]
By Stephan Pastis
Click on image to enlarge. Copyright © 2008 Stephan Pastis
[x Wikipedia]
The Little Engine That Could
The little engine is a famous anthropomorphic locomotive like "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "Ivor the Engine," though she predates both the other characters. The best known incarnation of the story The Little Engine That Could is attributed to "Watty Piper", a pseudonym used by publishing house Platt & Munk. With illustrations by the esteemed Lois Lenski, this retelling of the tale The Pony Engine appeared in 1930. The first edition attributes Mabel C. Bragg as the originating author. However, Mabel C. Bragg, a school teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, never claimed to have originated the story. Indeed, The Pony Engine, which first appeared in the Kindergarten Review in 1910, was written by Mary C. Jacobs (1877-1970).
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