- Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1942.
- Year Published: 1942
- Description: 40 p. : col. illus. ; 24 x 25 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0395181569
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Burton classics for k-2 house Max change Caldecott medal environmental Virginia Lee Virginia Lee Burton picturebook seasons picture book
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Call number: E BUR , R Caldecott Medal 1943
Available Copies: Downtown Youth PicBks, Pittsfield Youth PicBks, West Youth Picture Books
Additional Details
Youth level.
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
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Could have been written this year
The drawings of cars are old fashioned, we don't really discuss tenements anymore, but other than that this story of the transition from rural to urban could have been written yesterday.
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