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The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

Caldecott Medal · 1943 · Winner
Children'sISBN 9789573230434

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Caldecott Medal1943Winner

About the Author

Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She is best known for classics like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939) and The Little House (1942), the latter winning the Caldecott Medal in 1943, and founded the influential Folly Cove Designers textile collective.

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