THE LITTLE HOUSE
by Burton, Virginia Lee
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395181569
- ISBN 13
- 9780395181560
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1942., 169. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illustrated By Author. Squarish quarto, hardcover,good in blue and white decorative boards. First published in 1942, renewed in 1969, this is 22nd printing. Unpaginated, about 40 pp. First endpapers removed, back endpapers show cars and trucks. 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,
Synopsis
The Little House is the title of a 1942 book written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Reviews
On Sep 24 2010, Respessbooks said:
I have loved this book since my own childhood. Its story develops themes of urban sprawl and its impact, on beneficial aspects of rural life, and on family commitment to choosing and working for what amounts to preserving traditions that protect open space, farms, homes, and health. But the story never loses its small-view perspective, readily available to a child's eye and sensibility, presented in simple, charming illustrations. It was a worthy Caldecott winner (1943).
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54864a
- Title
- THE LITTLE HOUSE
- Author
- Burton, Virginia Lee
- Illustrator
- Illustrated By Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395181569
- ISBN 13
- 9780395181560
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1942., 169
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1978-04-26
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