Virginia Lee Burton
Virginia Lee Burton was an American author-illustrator whose picture books celebrated industrial machinery with poetic warmth. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little House remain classics of mid-twentieth century American picture books.
Works
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam ShovelChildren's picture book about an old steam shovel and its operator saving a town
- The Little HouseStory of a little house transformed by encroaching urbanization and her longing for countryside
- Katy and the Big SnowPicture book about a snowplow named Katy clearing her city during a massive blizzard
- Calico the Wonder Horse
- Maybelle the Cable CarChildren's book about a cable car named Maybelle and her role in San Francisco