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Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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061825627X |
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From Publishers Weekly
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.
Book Description
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 bookswith themes that honor a simple way of life and celebrate heroes who endure through... |
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The Little House |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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039525938X |
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Book Review
"Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built." So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go, by from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial... |
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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0395259398 |
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Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne make quite a team. The inseparable duo digs the great canals for the big boats to travel through, cuts through the large mountains so trains can pass, and hollows out the deep cellars for the great skyscrapers in the city. But the introduction of gasoline, electric, and diesel shovels means big trouble for Mike and Mary Anne. No one wants an old-fashioned steam shovel like Mary Anne when a modern shovel can do the digging in half the time! Forced to travel far out of the city to look for work, Mike and Mary Anne find themselves in the little town of Popperville. Mike and Mary Anne make a bid to dig the cellar for the new town hall, promising the town that if they can't dig the cellar in just one day they'll accept no payment for the job. Will Mike and Mary Anne be able to... |
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Life Story |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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Hardcover |
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0395160308 |
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Ships within 3-4 days. |
From Publishers Weekly
"The drama of Life is a continuing story," says Burton in her epilogue; she amply demonstrates this in her magnificent description of the evolutionary process, with text and paintings presented as a five-act play. All ages. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
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Review
Horn Book : "Miss Burton succeeds in giving the reader a sense of his own place in the magnificent flow of time and creation."
Horn Book Guide : "Miss Burton succeeds in giving the reader a sense of his own place in the magnificent flow of time and creation."
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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Hardcover |
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0395169615 |
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Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne make quite a team. The inseparable duo digs the great canals for the big boats to travel through, cuts through the large mountains so trains can pass, and hollows out the deep cellars for the great skyscrapers in the city. But the introduction of gasoline, electric, and diesel shovels means big trouble for Mike and Mary Anne. No one wants an old-fashioned steam shovel like Mary Anne when a modern shovel can do the digging in half the time! Forced to travel far out of the city to look for work, Mike and Mary Anne find themselves in the little town of Popperville. Mike and Mary Anne make a bid to dig the cellar for the new town hall, promising the town that if they can't dig the cellar in just one day they'll accept no payment for the job. Will Mike and Mary Anne be able to... |
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Katy and the Big Snow |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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0395185629 |
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This old-fashioned tale about one little snowplow's determination in the face of a small-town blizzard has all the charm and moral grit of The Little Engine That Could. This isn't surprising, considering that Caldecott Medal-winning author Virginia Lee Burton (The Little House) specializes in bringing the inanimate to life with endearing illustrations and stories of fortitude and vulnerability. Katy, a red crawler tractor, "could do a lot of things," Burton explains early on. In the summer she is a bulldozer, helping to build and repair roads in the city of Geoppolis. In the winter, she turns into a snowplow, waiting and waiting for her chance to be useful. Most of the winters, though, the snowfalls are mild and the town doesn't need Katy. But when the big one finally hits, the town is buried in page after page of... |
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The Little House |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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0395181569 |
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Book Review
"Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built." So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go, by from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial... |
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Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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0395479428 |
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Review
Wilson Children's Catalog : "Told in rhythmic prose, with many sound effects. Illustrated with amusing, vigorous drawings in black and white."
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"Told in rhythmic prose, with many sound effects. Illustrated with amusing, vigorous drawings in black and white."
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Choo Choo |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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0395176840 |
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Wilson Children's Catalog : "Told in rhythmic prose, with many sound effects. Illustrated with amusing, vigorous drawings in black and white."
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"Told in rhythmic prose, with many sound effects. Illustrated with amusing, vigorous drawings in black and white."
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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Other Format |
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0395664993 |
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Book Review
Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne make quite a team. The inseparable duo digs the great canals for the big boats to travel through, cuts through the large mountains so trains can pass, and hollows out the deep cellars for the great skyscrapers in the city. But the introduction of gasoline, electric, and diesel shovels means big trouble for Mike and Mary Anne. No one wants an old-fashioned steam shovel like Mary Anne when a modern shovel can do the digging in half the time! Forced to travel far out of the city to look for work, Mike and Mary Anne find themselves in the little town of Popperville. Mike and Mary Anne make a bid to dig the cellar for the new town hall, promising the town that if they can't dig the cellar in just one day they'll accept no payment for the job. Will Mike and Mary Anne be able to... |
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Katy and the Big Snow |
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Virginia Lee Burton (Editor) |
Book Review
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Library Binding |
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0395181550 |
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Book Review
This old-fashioned tale about one little snowplow's determination in the face of a small-town blizzard has all the charm and moral grit of The Little Engine That Could. This isn't surprising, considering that Caldecott Medal-winning author Virginia Lee Burton (The Little House) specializes in bringing the inanimate to life with endearing illustrations and stories of fortitude and vulnerability. Katy, a red crawler tractor, "could do a lot of things," Burton explains early on. In the summer she is a bulldozer, helping to build and repair roads in the city of Geoppolis. In the winter, she turns into a snowplow, waiting and waiting for her chance to be useful. Most of the winters, though, the snowfalls are mild and the town doesn't need Katy. But when the big one finally hits, the town is buried in page after page of... |
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Life Story |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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0395520177 |
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Ships within 2-3 days. |
From Publishers Weekly
"The drama of Life is a continuing story," says Burton in her epilogue; she amply demonstrates this in her magnificent description of the evolutionary process, with text and paintings presented as a five-act play. All ages. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Horn Book : "Miss Burton succeeds in giving the reader a sense of his own place in the magnificent flow of time and creation."
Horn Book Guide : "Miss Burton succeeds in giving the reader a sense of his own place in the magnificent flow of time and creation."
See all Editorial Reviews
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