Virginia Lee Burton, Author . Houghton Mifflin $22 (67p) ISBN 978-0-547-20359-1
“Our sun is not the biggest star, nor is it the smallest, but to us it is the most important star of all.” Burton's 1962 exploration of the history of life on Earth, framed as a five-act play, returns in a newly updated edition that
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Virginia Lee Burton, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $20 (208p) ISBN 978-0-618-25627-3
A handsome, weighty volume preserves the pace and feel of the above title plus three more of the author's best-loved works-Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939); Katy and the Big Snow (1943); and Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)-Mike Mulligan ...
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Virginia Lee Burton, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $10.95 (67p) ISBN 978-0-395-52017-8
``The drama of Life is a continuing story,'' says Burton in her epilogue; she amply demonstrates this in her magnificent description of the evolutionary process, with text and paintings presented as a five-act play. All ages. (Oct.)
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Virginia Lee Burton. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $14.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-547-57572-8
Originally published in 1941, Burton’s story of Calico, “the smartest fastest horse in all of Cactus County,” reappears in an edition that emphasizes its (somewhat tenuous) connection to Christmas: Bandit Stewy Stinker, an actual mustache-twirling...
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Virginia Lee Burton, Author, Virginia Lee Burton, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (44p) ISBN 978-0-395-18156-0
The author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and her works feature in a group of fall titles. Virginia Lee Burton's Caldecott Medal-winning The Little House, about a cozy country home that passes through the seasons, becomes engulfed by urban
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Virginia Lee Burton, Author, Virginia Lee Burton, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-395-25938-2
The author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and her works feature in a group of fall titles. Virginia Lee Burton's Caldecott Medal-winning The Little House, about a cozy country home that passes through the seasons, becomes engulfed by urban
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Virginia Lee Burton, Author, Virginia Lee Burton, Illustrator, Stephen Simon, Conductor , adapted by Stephen Simon, narrated by Yadu. Simon & Simon $16.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-932684-00-1
Burton's much-loved tale about Mike Mulligan and the hardworking steam shovel is recast as a symphony program for kids, with an original classical score. Simon conducts strings, woodwinds and percussion to emphasize key moments in the story and...
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