The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
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Author: Virginia Lee BurtonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1978-04-26
ISBN: 0395181569
Number of pages: 44
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
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- ISBN13: 9780395181560
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of The Little House
Book Review: Great story, sad message...
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the message of this book, but it is sad when we look around at our world today and see so much "country" turning into city. Loved this one as a child and am reading to my son now.
Summary of The Little House
The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer."Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built." So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go, by from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of "the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Children will be saddened to see the lonely, claustrophobic, dilapidated house, but when a woman recognizes her and whisks her back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. Young readers are more likely to be drawn in by the whimsical, detailed drawings and the happy ending than by anything Burton might have been implying about the troubling effects of urbanization. (Ages 3 to 6)
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