Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349718
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided to run away from her humdrum duties.
Choo Choo
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349718
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided to run away from her humdrum duties.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547350570
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
A modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship, and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity.
Maybelle the Cable Car
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547422326
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rang her gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . . . By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle the Cable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San Francisco Public Library to re-create this edition with all the vibrant charm of the original, which was published in 1952.
Calico the Wonder Horse
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547530633
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Way out west in Cactus county lived a horse named Calico. She wasn’t very pretty, but she was smart and could run like greased lightning. When villain Stewy Stinker threatens to hold up Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, will Calico the Wonder Horse be able to save the day? This gift edition celebrates the 75th Anniversary of this classic tale by Caldecott medalist Virginia Lee Burton, the author of Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel. With an updated cover, it's the perfect holiday present for children of all ages.
Katy and the Big Snow
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395181553
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Geappolis is hidden under a blanket of snow until a red crawler tractor saves the day.
Virginia Lee Burton
Author: Barbara EllemanPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618003428
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Examines the life, career, artistic style, and literary themes of the twentieth-century author and illustrator of such classic picture books as "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" and "The Little House."
Mike Mulligan and More
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 054734970X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel plus three other classic picture book favorites, in one collection. The four complete and unabridged picture books by Virginia Lee Burton in this volume are: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel The Little House (a Caldecott Medal winner) Katy and the Big Snow Maybelle the Cable Car Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated stories that have been entertaining children, parents, and grandparents for more than sixty years. Many of her books—with themes that honor a simple way of life and celebrate heroes who endure through determination and by adapting to change—have become classic American tales. With an introduction by Barbara Elleman, author of Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art, this attractive collection commemorates four of Burton’s most popular stories, each featured complete and unabridged. Their appeal today, as strong as when the books were first published, is a tribute to one of America’s most innovative illustrators, designers, and writers of stories for children.
An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving
Author: Louisa May AlcottPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557091358
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Follows the activities of seven children in nineteenth-century New England as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.
San Francisco Lithographer
Author: Robert Joseph ChandlerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780806144108
Category : African American artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This biography by a distinguished California historian gives an underappreciated artist and his work recognition long overdue. Focusing on Grafton Tyler Brown's lithography and his life in nineteenth-century San Francisco, Robert J. Chandler offers a study equally fascinating as a business and cultural history and as an introduction to Brown the artist.
The Little House
Author: Virginia Lee BurtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781536423044
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer.