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Title: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton ISBN: 0-395-18156-9 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 26 April, 1978 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: As timeless as ever-among the finest of all picture books
Comment: Quite simply, this is one of the most beautifully illustrated childrens books of all time. There are no computer graphics, but the simple illustrations have a definite folksy, Americana feel about them. The pages where Burton depicts the changing seasons are gorgeous, and have lost none of their vivacity. I can't imagine not always having a copy of this book around to show my nephews and nieces, and to read to them. It's a keeper, and I will gladly go through tens of copies just to ensure it's always around.
Kids love the book because of the picture, and the great sequencing. I love the book because it's just well written, and I have memories of having it read to me when I was in kindergarten.
This has always been one of my mother's favorite books, and it's also been one of mine as well. I think this book ages rather well, and it's an interesting look at the growth and development of the country. Some may see this book as being "anti-development", but it's hard not to sympathize with the house as the landscape around her changes and becomes less familiar.
My last thought is that I hope when I do have nephews and nieces that there still will be countrysides like the ones depicted in this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic
Comment: This is a little like a child's introduction to the problems of rampant urban development! It certainly was that for me.
It's a sweet, well-organized and beautifully illustrated story of a little house that had a whole metropolis built up around it. She (yes, the house is referred to in the feminine) gets a new life on a new lot in the country when a descendant of the original owner discovers her amidst a smog-choked, noisy city.
One poignant thought: more than fifty years ago, when this story was published, there was still plenty of rural room to just pick up and move to. In this children's story some social historian could find some fine irony about the postwar suburbal exodus. But aside from an unwanted tinge of "we can run away from our problems," the story was able to point out for this young listener the ills of pollution. Still in all, a wonderful book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Childhood Classic
Comment: The Little House is an endearing story depicting the journey of a little house from a quiet, simpler time through the modern jungle and finally back "home" again.
This classic belongs in the personal library of every child. Children will love the pictures, especially the little house's almost "human-like" features that transform from "sad" to "happy". Parents will appreciate the interpretation of the "there is no place like home" lesson.
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Title: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Sandpiper Books) by Virginia Lee Burton ISBN: 0395169615 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 09 September, 1939 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton ISBN: 0395185629 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 03 April, 1974 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey ISBN: 0670451495 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1941 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey ISBN: 014050169X Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1976 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) ISBN: 0140502416 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1977 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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