She is the author of many classic childrens picture books, including mike mulligan and his steam shovel and katy and the big snow. Lessons about the iphone, courtesy of a depressionera childrens book. Steam shovel story and pictures by virginia lee burton read to my children visit my amazon store. Do you remember this well crafted childrens book by virgina lee burton. The classic childrens book mike mulligan and his steam shovel features a steam shovel as a main character. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel and other classics by virginia. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel book is a great gift to give to. Steam engines skip to main search results amazon prime.
Since it was first published in 1939, mike mulligan and his steam shovel has delighted generations of children. Best children bookschildrens bookskid booksyoung childrenvirginia lee burtonsnow activitiesliteracy activities. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel by virginia lee burton. A power shovel, also known as a snort, features towards the climax of the childrens book are you my mother. Pdf mike mulligan and his steam shovel book by virginia. I am a huge mike mulligan and his steam shovel book. The little bird is returned to its nest by the power shovel but this is not necessarily a steam shovel. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel by virginia lee.
Goodnight, goodnight, construction site and steam train, dream train board books boxed set board books for babies, preschool books, picture books for toddlers. First published in 1939, in the wake of the great depression, it features mike mulligan, a steam shovel operator, and his steam shovel mary anne. It was really a kind of serious topic for a childrens book. See more ideas about childrens books, economics and children s literature. The brave little steam shovel wonder books alf evers, dick stone on. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel book kids books 2019. The first edition of the novel was published in september 9th 1938, and was written by virginia lee burton. Burton herself includes mary anne, the steam shovel, within the pages of the. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel whose name was mary anne are hard workers. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, mary anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers the very symbol of industrial america.
The main characters of this childrens, picture books story are mike mulligan. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel worksheets vocabulary. I remember it as a child, raised all my children reading it and now on a grandchild. Three worksheets and a vocabulary word list for the 1939 classic childrens book, mike mulligan and his steam shovel.