Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher: 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.

Katy and the Big Snow

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher: 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.

Choo Choo

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher: 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.

Maybelle the Cable Car

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher: 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.

Big Machines

Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 9780544715578
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A New York Times-bestselling duo pays tribute to the storied life of Virginia Lee Burton, creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and one of the most beloved authors in children's literature. Full color. 9 x 9.

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780618737567
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they find a new opportunity in a very surprising place.

The Little House

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher:
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.

Meh

Author: Deborah Malcolm
Publisher: Thunderstone Books
ISBN: 9781634110037
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Meh is a story of one boy's journey through sadness.

Virginia Lee Burton

Author: Barbara Elleman
Publisher: 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."

Life Story

Author: Aristides Demetrios
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547348851
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Earth takes center stage in this updated version of Virginia Lee Burton’s 1962 classic Life Story. Told through five acts, Burton’s art and text tell the history of earth from beginning to present day. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the planet’s history and their leading roles in it today. The ebook has been updated with cutting-edge science, including up-to-the-minute information on fossil records and the geologic principles.