The Little House

ByÊVirginia Lee Burton

Trade Paper Picture Book, 44 pages

Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so sheÕs sad when sheÕs surrounded by the dirty, noisy cityÕs hustle and bustle: ÒShe missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight.Ó Fortunately, thereÕs a happy ending, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs. A classic!