Bøker av Virginia Lee Burton

In this paperback edition of Katy and the Big Snow, complete with CD audio recording, 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.

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.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.

''I could go much faster and easier by myself,' she says. So one day, Choo Choo takes off on an adventure. CHOO CHOO! DING! DONG! WHOOOoo oo oo! Off she goes! Virginia Lee Burton {Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - The Little House) is renowned for her lively illustrations and classic stories of resilience and imagination.