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    <body><![CDATA[Childhood favorite, I remember hearing this on the Captain Kangaroo show and loving it ever since, not only because the steam shovel's name is Mary Anne (spelled the same way as my name.)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great story of finding your place in the world.  My kids loved the pictures and cheered right along with all the townspeople.<br/><br/>We've read this book several times.  It's one we'll read again I'm sure.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is relatively interesting...my son would sit through the whole thing and pay attention, but neither of us really <em>enjoyed</em> it. It's unconvincing, this love between Mike and Mary Anne. We didn't feel moved by the way the characters developed either, such as the mean guy who started to feel le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45904693">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A children's book that still kicks major ass well into adulthood!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This appears to be an American classic - but this is the first I've heard of it.<br/><br/>My first thought on openning this book was the similarity between Mary Anne and the Snort from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13898.P_D_Eastman" title="P.D. Eastman">P.D. Eastman</a>'s <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197084.Are_You_My_Mother_Beginner_Books_" title="Are You My Mother? (Beginner Books) by P.D. Eastman">Are You My Mother?</a>.   It always struck me as odd that Eastman brought back what must have been anc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60763043">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great book. My three-and-a-half year old really enjoyed hearing it, and actually sat through the whole thing. The text is somewhat dense on the page, so it is definitely for the slightly older toddler set. My son really enjoyed Mike and Mary Anne, and he got really upset when he thought M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37972341">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I attribute my love for the traditional and old-fashioned to this book. This is also the book that made me realize I was going to have to avoid deconstructing my childhood reading selections if I wanted to remain sane. Please, no one ask me about the implications of Irish-American labor force in rur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47685762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book well enough as a child, but now my 5 1/2 year old is kvelling, and I have a new appreciation for the details of Burton's illustrations as well as the wry timing of the sentences. I love how, in the beginning, the work is done by &quot;Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne [the steam shovel] a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37871308">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Katie says: One of my most beloved of children's books with spectacular pencil drawing, this classic tells the story of one Mike Mulligan who remained faithful to his trusted steam shovel, Mary Anne, even when newer, faster equipment threatened to take her job. A touching story of friendship and the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80560391">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[We loved this book. In fact, I loved it as a kid and I loved it again as an adult reading it to my kids. Virginia Burton's illustrations and text are so perfect together, and the story of the boy who solves multiple problems for a steam shovel, her owner, and the town he lives in is a classic.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic tale for young children.  Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne work well together and do their very best at each job.  But when new shovels come along, they are out of work.  Will Mary Anne end up in the dump?<br/><br/>A favorite book of mine while growing and now a favorite of my own children.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting story with an odd, but touching ending.  Our girls enjoyed that the steam shovel has &quot;eyes,&quot; and seems to be alive, but didn't understand why they'd build the town hall around her.  Cute story overall.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! Not even sure what makes it so special, but it is! Maybe because it was one of the books that we owned in our house and thus read over and over again. I am so happy to not only own a copy of the book now, but also own the &quot;movie&quot; of the book. Plus, what could have more en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16009510">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could give this more than five stars, I would. It is a heartwarming and amazing story on multiple levels. Shows friendship, and caring, and it even shows what it is to be a community, which, these days, can be hard to find.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love that there was an actual contest to find a way out of the cellar for Mike and Maryanne. And I love that a little boy actually won it and it got into this book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Isn't this the perfect book for little boys?  Although I have to add that David was sad to note that Mary ANne had to stay in the basement at the end.]]></body>
    
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