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.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

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, belonged to the Highway Department of the city of Geopolis. She was not used in winter --until a huge snow storm snowed in the whole city. Then Katy plowed out everyone.

Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for scrap metal, it magically speeds away on an adventure through...