Best known for the ever popular Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and the Caldecott Medal winner The Little House, 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 handsome 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. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

A handsome, weighty volume preserves the pace and feel of the above title plus three more of the author's best-loved works-Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939); Katy and the Big Snow (1943); and Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)-Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury. Barbara Elleman's introduction precedes the quartet of tales. Ages 2-8.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) created some of the most enduring classics of all children's literature. As an artist, writer, and designer, she created books that first entertained her own children. Burton lived with her two sons, Aristides and Michael, and her husband, the sculptor George Demetrios, in a section of Gloucester, Massachusetts, called Folly Cove. Here she taught a class in design and from it emerged the Folly Cove Designers, a group of professional artisans who were internationally known for their block-printed textiles and designs. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Introduction	6
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel	11
The Little House	63
Katy and the Big Snow	111
Maybelle the Cable Car	155

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