The front cover of a book in the "a Little Golden Book" series titled "The Little Engine That Could've... but didn't". "a Little Golden Book" is written in cursive in golden letters in the upper left. The cover depicts an illustration of a broken down and rusty old train, the train is cracked and rusty, it is partially covered in cobwebs depicting that it has not moved in a long time, a tumbleweed blows in front of it. The overall style of the illustration is playful with a soft pastel color palette.