Virginia Lee Burton

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

Publisher Annotation: Choo Choo, a shiny black engine, is tired of pulling heavy coaches day after day. ?I could go much faster and easier by myself,? she says. So one day, Choo Choo takes off on an adventure.

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

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

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The amazing horse Calico is responsible for capturing a gang of bad men, finding and rounding up the stolen cattle, and seeing that the Christmas party is a success, even for the outlaws.

Katy, a red crawler tractor, can do a lot of things. In the summer she is a bulldozer, in the winter, she turns into a snowplough, waiting and waiting for her chance to be useful. Most of the winters, though, the snowfalls are mild and the town doesn't need Katy. But when the big one finally hits, the entire community is dependent on one little snowplough.

Mike Mulligan proves that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful. When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they find a new opportunity in a very surprising place.

The amazing horse Calico is responsible for capturing a gang of bad men, finding and rounding up the stolen cattle, and seeing that the Christmas party is a success, even for the outlaws.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.