The Little House

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 she's sad when she's surrounded by the dirty, noisy city's hustle and bustle: "She missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Fortunately, there's a happy ending, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs. A classic

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/26/1978
ISBN: 9780395259382
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.80h x 9.40w x 0.30d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 10/14/2002 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 318 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 318 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly 10/14/2002

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 5230 / Little House
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5