Little House : A Caldecott Award Winner by Virginia Lee Burton (1978, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10039525938X
ISBN-139780395259382
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038297316

Product Key Features

Edition60
Book TitleLittle House : a Caldecott Award Winner
Number of Pages44 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General, Lifestyles / Country Life, Lifestyles / City & Town Life
Publication Year1978
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorVirginia Lee Burton
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN88-176374
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToThird Grade
Dewey Decimal[E]
Edition DescriptionAnniversary
SynopsisThe little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. This picture book about the changes that come to a little house is beautiful and timeless. In 1942, Virginia Lee Burton created the Little House , and since then generations of readers have been enchanted by the story of this happy home and her journey from the pleasures of nature to the bustling city, and back again., 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, The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. This picture book about the changes that come to a little house is beautiful and timeless., This picture book about the changes that come to a little house is beautiful and timeless. The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer... In 1942, Virginia Lee Burton created The Little House, and since then generations of readers have been enchanted by the story of this happy home and her journey from the pleasures of nature to the bustling city, and back again.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.B954 Li 1988

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