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

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 children, parents, and grandparents for more than sixty years. Many of her bookswith themes that honor a simple way of life and celebrate heroes who endure through determination and by adapting to changehave become classic American tales.

With an introduction by Barbara Elleman, author of Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art, this attractive collection commemorates four of Burtons most popular stories, each featured complete and unabridged. Their appeal today, as strong as when the books were first published, is a tribute to one of Americas most innovative illustrators, designers, and writers of stories for children.

This gift-ready and value priced hardcover belongs on every preschooler's bookshelf.