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Virginia Lee Burton

Born

in Newton Center, Massachusetts, The United States

August 30, 1909

Died

October 15, 1968

Website

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mi...

Genre

Children's Books

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Virginia Lee Burton was an American illustrator and children's book author. Burton produced seven self-illustrated children's books. She married Boston Museum school sculptor, George Demetrios, with whom she had two sons and lived in Folly Cove, Gloucester. She died at 59.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 128,150 ratings · 3,376 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel 4.21 avg rating — 54,193 ratings — published 1938 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little House 4.30 avg rating — 42,744 ratings — published 1942 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katy and the Big Snow 4.24 avg rating — 12,730 ratings — published 1943 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mike Mulligan and More: A Classic Construction Story Collection About Hard Work for Children (Ages 4–8) 4.44 avg rating — 1,266 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choo Choo: A Caldecott Winner Picture Book of a Runaway Railroad Engine for Kids (Ages 4–7) 3.91 avg rating — 908 ratings — published 1936 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maybelle the Cable Car 3.91 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 1952 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor's New Clothes by Virginia Lee Burton (Illustrator), Hans Christian Andersen 3.88 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2007 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Story 4.32 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1962 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calico the Wonder Horse, or The Saga of Stewy Stinker 4.04 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1941 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mike Mulligan Travel Activity Kit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before...but the little house stayed just the same.”
― Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House

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