Here's a book published in 1930, thus entering the public domain on January 1 2026. I've recorded an audio version of this book, and I've also adapted the story to Readers Theater!
The Little Engine That Couldby Watty Piper
(illustrated by Lois Lenski)
Internet Archive
Audio
You can read more about this classic children's story at Wikipedia: The Little Engine That Could. The author, Watty Piper (Arnold Munk), died in 1957. The illustrator, Lois Lenski, died in 1974. Both the text and illustrations are in the public domain in the United States as of January 1, 2026, but for countries in which copyright is based on the death of the author, the text and/or illustrations may not yet be in the public domain.
The Readers Theater script is published with a CC-BY license, allowing you to remix and adapt the play for your own purposes. For more information about Readers Theater and adapting the script, see the information in the packet which contains the following materials:
- a preview of the script to help readers become familiar with the story and the characters
- a script to adapt and perform; it is written for 11 readers but the number of readers can be increased or decreased as needed
- a copy of the 1930 edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper with illustrations by Lois Lenski (the Lenski illustrations are used throughout the packet)
- a brief article about readers theater: "Open the Language Classroom Curtains to Readers Theater" by Laura Gibbs and Heather Kretschmer
(For more CC-licensed Readers Theater scripts, visit Scripts.LauraGibbs.net.)
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