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You can color your own Busy Little Engine! Biz doesn't have to be black and red, you can use any colors you want.
There's a lot of space to draw around Biz, too. You might want to add a barn, or a city, or some animals, or
crossing signs, or a tunnel, or
?
If
you would like to show off your artwork to the world, just send us your drawings! Grownups can either scan the
drawing and email it to us or put it in an envelope
and
mail it to us. If you would like to have us return the drawing after we've scanned it, just include a
Self-Addressed,
Stamped Envelope and we'll get it right back to you.
 click here for a full-size PDF of this coloring page |
 click here for a full-size PDF of this coloring page |
The Busy Little Engine was filmed in Durham, North Carolina. The show also includes images
from other parts
of the world (including Chicago
and Australia), but we pretend that it all takes place in the same area. When you're pretending you can do cool
things like that!
We've mapped the Durham videotaping locations so you can see right were different parts
were filmed. Click on the link below to go to a "live" Google Map where you can zoom in and view satellite photos or
street maps of the locations. If you look closely enough, you might even see Biz or Pig waving!
In "The Busy Little Engine," the narrator suggests that Busy Little Engine and Pig could pretend they have a cookie
factory. Since a factory needs big piles of ingredients, the narrator suggests that they take some train cars and go
on an (imaginary) adventure to pick up the ingredients. They pick up flour, sugar, and butter. Can you really make
cookies with just flour, sugar, and butter? Yes! Pig's grandmother makes the most delicious shortbread cookies we've
ever tasted. Try them out and tell us what you think!
This recipe may be simple enough for young children
to handle, but use of the oven requires supervision by a
grownup.
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Grandma Pig's Famous Shortbread Cookies™
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks) 1/4 cup sugar 2 cups flour |
 click here for a full-size PDF of this cookie recipe |
Mix the butter and sugar thoroughly in a mixing bowl. It's easiest if you take the butter out of the
refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for a little while first. After you've mixed the butter and sugar,
add the flour by working it in with your hands (messy but fun!). Then, put the mixing bowl with the dough in the
refrigerator and let it chill for a while so it will be easier to cut it into shapes.
Preheat the oven to
350°. While the oven is heating up, sprinkle a little flour on your work surface (a clean counter works
great). You will need to put the dough on the surface to cut it into shapes and the flour will keep the dough from
sticking.
Next, use a rolling pin to smoosh the dough until it is flat and is about 1/3" thick (a little
thicker than an average pen or pencil). Cut the dough into fancy shapes using cookie cutters or a butter knife or
even an upside-down cup or glass. Dusting the cookie cutters (or other shaping tools) with flour will help keep
them from sticking to the dough.
Grandma Pig likes to make train-shaped cookies and pig-shaped cookies. A
simple way to make Pig's face on a cookie is to cut out a round cookie and then draw eyes, nose, and a smile on
the cookie using a toothpick or the edge of a dull knife. Small holes to represent buttons or eyes or little-bitty
wheels can be easily made with the end of a straw.
Put the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and bake
them for 20-25 minutes. Note that the tops of the cookies do not brown during baking, so don't overbake them! This
recipe makes about 36 square inches of cookies (36 1" cookies, 24 1 1/2" cookies, 18 2" cookies, etc.). These are
really good with a glass of milk!
click here for a full-color PDF of the lyric sheet that comes with the DVD (1.2MB)
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The Busy Little Engine
Words & Music by Jimmy Magoo Words & Music © 2005 Desmond Mullen (ASCAP) The Busy Little Engine Wakes up in Dinkytown Hooks up to the cars that he is pullin' His happy little whistle makes a happy little sound And then the Busy Little Engine starts a-rollin' With a woo woo woo And a clackity clack clack The Busy Little Engine is a-comin' down the track Me and you woo woo Are gonna watch the wheels go 'round When the Busy Little Engine comes to town The Busy Little Engine Is curious about the world He likes using his imagination He always learns new things as he's travelling around You know he's my favorite mode of transportation Chorus: With a woo woo woo... |
Curiosity
Words by Desmond Mullen & Jimmy Magoo Music by Jimmy Magoo Words & Music © 2005 Desmond Mullen (ASCAP) Curiosity What could there be? What's up ahead? Waiting for me. What will I learn? What will I see? I want to know. Curiosity Will we cross a bridge? Would we see a plane? Will there be a tunnel? Maybe with a train? Could there be a lake? Will we see a boat? Could there be a mountain? Or a mountain goat? Chorus: Curiosity... Will we see a cow? Or a fuzzy sheep? Would they run around? Or would they be asleep? Could there be a goose? Could there be a duck? A Busy Little Engine? Or a fire truck? Chorus: Curiosity... |
Back on the Road
Words & Music by Jimmy Magoo Words & Music © 2005 Desmond Mullen (ASCAP) Back on the road Headed for my home Back on the road Headed for my home We took a little ride Across the countryside We made a few new friends And we're going home again Chorus: Back on the road... We went a long, long way We learned a lot today Saw what's around the bend We'll be coming back again Back on the road It was fun to roam Back on the road Headed for my home Back on the road Travelling with you Back on the road doo doo do do do doo doo do do do (etc.) |