FROM SARAH:

Another classic from the woman who gave us Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. This is one you should buy for your permanent collection. Also makes a lovely baby shower gift.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

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.

FROM SARAH:

Virginia Lee Burton's stories may have graced your own bookshelves when you were young. I bet your kids will enjoy them every bit as much! This treasury is a wonderful way to enjoy some of her best stories, starting of course, with Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel plus three other classic picture book favorites, in one handsome hardcover.

The four complete and unabridged picture books by Virginia Lee Burton in this volume are:
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
The Little House (a Caldecott Medal winner)
Katy and the Big Snow
Maybelle the Cable Car

Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated stories that have been entertaining children, parents, and grandparents for more than sixty years. Many of her books—with themes that honor a simple way of life and celebrate heroes who endure through determination and by adapting to change—have become classic American tales.

NARRATED BY: multiple

BEST FOR AGES: 4+

LISTENING LENGTH: 29 min

INCLUDES: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Pet Show!, May I Bring a Friend?, and The Happy Owls

**Description from Amazon: The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. A modern classic that no child should miss.

FROM SARAH:

Is it possible that you don't already love this book from your own childhood? it's a classic for a reason, and many picture books in recent years have attempted to achieve what this little beauty has. Marvelous. Worth owning, and perfect to tuck into a baby shower gift basket.

FROM THE PUBLISHER: 

Seventy-five years ago, Virginia Lee Burton created the Little House, and since then generations of readers have been enchanted by the story of this happy home and her journey from the pleasures of nature to the bustling city, and back again.