from Saint Joseph, MO
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...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
48
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0395259398
EAN Code
9780395259399
ISBN #
9
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.In 2009, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Virginia Lee Burton's birth.Aspart of this celebration a glitter-cover edition of Katy an...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
40
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0395185629
EAN Code
9780395185629
ISBN #
6
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 s...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
208
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
061825627X
EAN Code
9780618256273
ISBN #
4
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 ...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
80
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0547203594
EAN Code
9780547203591
ISBN #
3
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’...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
44
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
039525938X
EAN Code
9780395259382
ISBN #
2
Katy the snowplow was always waiting for her big chance to help. But with winters that usually didn’t hold a lot of snow, Katy didn’t have much opportunity to shine. Then a blizzard blankets the city and everyone is relying on Katy for help. This tale from the Caldecott Medal winner Virginia Lee Bur...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Board book
Pages
38
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0544317173
EAN Code
9780544317178
ISBN #
10
Over seventy years ago, Virginia Lee Burton built the Little House way out in the country, and since then generations of readers have been enchanted by the story of this happy home and her journey from bucolic hill and the pleasures of nature to the bustling city, and back again. This special editio...
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
44
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0547790449
EAN Code
9780547790442
ISBN #
7
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!
Author
Virginia Lee Burton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
64
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0395845416
EAN Code
9780395845417
ISBN #
8
…Adams is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including The Unspeakable Adams, Adams Versus God, The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes, Retreat from Tolerance, Talkback and A Billion Voices, Adams Ark (published in 2004) and (with Lee Burton) "Emperors of the Air" (Allen & Unwin).&hell...