Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968)

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Om författaren

Virginia Lee Burton was born August 30, 1909 in Massachusetts. She was an author and illusrator of children's books. 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 visa mer title, The Little House. Burton died on October 15, 1968 in Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Inkluderar namnen: V. Lee Burton, Virgina Burton, Virginia Burton, Virginia L. Burton, Virgina Lee Burton, Virgina Lee Burton, Vergina Lee Burton, Viginia Lee Burton, Burton Virginia Lee, Virginia Lee Burton, Lee Virginia Burton, Virginia Lee Burton, VRIGINIA LEE BURTON, Virginia Lee Burtons, Li Berton Virdzhiniia, バージニア・リー・バートン, ばーじにあ・りー・ばーとん, Virginia Lee Virginia Lee(Author) ; Burton Burton

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Verk av Virginia Lee Burton

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Grävskopan Amanda (1939) 6,563 exemplar

The Little House (1942) 5,211 exemplar

Katy and the Big Snow (1943) 3,130 exemplar

Choo Choo: The Runaway Engine (1937) 878 exemplar

Mike Mulligan and More: Four Classic Stories by Virginia Lee Burton (2002) 484 exemplar

Maybelle the Cable Car (1952) 464 exemplar

Life Story (1962) 394 exemplar

Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker (1941) 213 exemplar

Construction zone 98 exemplar

Classic Stories: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury (2005) 26 exemplar

Mike Mulligan Travel Activity Kit (2010) 16 exemplar

The world I see 9 exemplar

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel... and 3 More Stories about Trucks (Scholastic Video Collection) (2006) 5 exemplar

Discovery Packs of Learning 4 exemplar

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel: Board Book Edition 2 exemplar

[(The Little House)] [Author: Virginia Lee Burton] published on (March, 2009) 2 exemplar

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel 1 exemplar

Emperors New Clothes (1949) 1 exemplar

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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Författare — 1,528 exemplar

Kejsarens nya kläder (1837) — Illustratör, vissa utgåvor — 1,353 exemplar

The Song of Robin Hood (1947) — Illustratör — 112 exemplar

The Family Storybook Treasury (2011) 63 exemplar

The Fast Sooner Hound (1942) — Illustratör — 41 exemplar

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel [1990 TV] (1992) — Original book — 3 exemplar

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Födelsedag: 1909-08-30
Avled: 1968-10-15
Kön: female
Nationalitet: USA
Födelseort: Newton Centre, Massachusetts, USA
Bostadsorter: Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
California, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Folly Cove, Massachusetts, USA
Utbildning: California School of Fine Arts
Yrken: children's book author
illustrator
dance teacher
Organisationer: The Folly Cove Designers
Priser och utmärkelser: Caldecott Medal 1942

Medlemmar

Recensioner

The Little House av Virginia Lee Burton

The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer.

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PlumfieldCH | 125 andra recensioner | Nov 13, 2023 |

The Little House av Virginia Lee Burton

My mom loved this book as much as I did - recently she gave me my childhood copy that's been in her boxes all these years.

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Kiramke | 125 andra recensioner | Jun 27, 2023 |

Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel av Virginia Lee Burton

A must for the truck loving child. Interesting title to include when studying obsolescence.

5/5 Ramona Quimby’s approve.

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FamiliesUnitedLL | 74 andra recensioner | Jun 7, 2023 |

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel av Lee Virginia Burton

What an odd story about obsolescence and repurposing! Riffing off the legend of John Henry, a steam shovel operator wagers that he can completely dig a building foundation in a day with his outdated equipment or he won't get paid. Somehow the whole town gets caught up in this race against time and circle the growing hole to watch.

The cadence of the story is weird, but lends itself to some equally weird experimentation when reading it aloud. Today I tried reading the whole thing as a boxing announcer. The anthropomorphized face on the steam shovel seems out of place and unnecessary, but sure, why not.

For me, the best part is the asterisk near the end of the story where the author acknowledges the little boy next door who came up with an ending when she literally wrote herself into a corner. How candid and considerate.… (mer)