Most Popular Books by Virginia Lee Burton

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

The Little House

release date: Mar 16, 2009

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Virginia Lee Burton

release date: Oct 28, 2002

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."

Maybelle the Cable Car

release date: Mar 31, 1997

By recounting 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.

Katy and the Big Snow

In this paperback edition of Katy and the Big Snow, complete with CD audio recording, Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs.

Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker

In comic-strip format, this action-packed western drama is complete with cattle rustling and kidnapping, a stampede, a holdup, and a thrilling chase. From start to bang-up finish, Calico the Wonder Horse outruns and outsmarts the double-dyed villains -- and, of course, saves the day!

Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury

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.

The Little House Book & Cassette (Carry Along Book & Cassette Favorites)

The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. This professional narration of the classic story includes sound effects, original music, and page-turn signals. Side two contains an uninterrupted reading.

Katy and the Big Snow Lap Board Book