Sad-Faced Boy

BURTON, VIRGINIA LEE

Bontemps, Arna

Houghton Mifflin Co (J)

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.

Maybelle, the cable car

Houghton/Mifflin

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

Children's Books

Classics

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939

A beautifully designed book set up as a play in five acts. The passage of time is shown visually on each page.

Life Story

Literature & Fiction

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL

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.

HMH Books for Young Readers

The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided to run away from her humdrum duties.

Choo Choo

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

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.

Katy and the Big Snow: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids

Clarion Books

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

Little House (Sandpiper Books)

Geography & Cultures

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. As part of this celebration a glitter-cover edition of Katy and the Big Snow, complete with snowy stickers, has been created. In this enduring winter favorite from the Caldecott Medal winner Burton, Katy the snowplow finally gets her chance to shine when a blizzard blankets the city and everyone is relying on Katy to help dig out. This new paperback is perfect for gift giving. Children love sharing Katy’s shining moment of glory and will inevitably admire her “chug, chug, chug” endurance.

The Little House: A Caldecott Award Winner

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Sad-Faced Boy

Maybelle, the cable car

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

Life Story

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Choo Choo

Katy and the Big Snow: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids

Little House (Sandpiper Books)

Katy and the Big Snow: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids

The Little House: A Caldecott Award Winner