Rattle-Rattle

I remember this book from when I was a kid:

source: https://archive.org/details/rattlerattledump00geis 

I don't know what happened to mine.  I also had some other books: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Peter and the Wolf, Just so Stories and maybe others that are best forgotten.  I guess once you learn how to read there are so many more choices that the original faves get left behind.  But there's just something about listening to Mom or Dad read a story at bedtime :)

source: https://archive.org/details/mikemulliganhiss00burt2/mode/2up 

I *still* like it when a book has pictures !

BTW, I was thinking of Rattle-Rattle due to this Shorpy page:

a crop of just the steam shovel

source: https://www.shorpy.com/node/27792 

They actually put up my comment on Bucyrus-Erie !  :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm