The little house
Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she&...
| Main Author: | Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
c1969.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she's sad when she's surrounded by the dirty, noisy city's hustle and bustle: "She missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Fortunately, there's a happy ending, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs. A classic! |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0395181569 039525938X (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Her titles include Maybelle the Cable Car, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away. In 1942, she won the Caldecott Medal for her title, The Little House. Burton died on October 15, 1968 in Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) |