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Virginia Lee Burton

Virginia Lee Burton (August 30, 1909 – October 15, 1968), also known by her married name, Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children's book author. She wrote and illustrated seven children's books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939), and The Little House (1943), which won the Caldecott Medal. She also illustrated six books by other authors.

Burton founded the textile collective, Folly Cove Designers, in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, which had numerous museum exhibitions. Some of its members' works are held today in the collections of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Cape Ann Museum, and New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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American children's writer and illustrator (1909–1968)

Born 1909
Died 1968

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  • Cover of: Andersen's The Emperor's new clothes

    Cover of edition emperorsnewcloth0000kill Cover of edition andersensemperor00ande Cover of edition elnuevotrajedele0000ande First published in 1945 — 52 editions
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  • Cover of: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

    Cover of edition grvskopanamand00burt Cover of edition mikemulliganhiss00burt Cover of edition mikemulliganysum0000burt Cover of edition mikemulliganhiss00virg Cover of edition mikemulliganhiss00burt_0 Cover of edition mikemulliganhiss00leev First published in 1939 — 31 editions
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  • Cover of: The little house: story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton

    Cover of edition littlehouse00burt Cover of edition isbn_039525938X Cover of edition isbn_059041383x First published in 1942 — 31 editions
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  • Cover of: Katy and the big snow

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  • Cover of: Choo choo: the story of a little engine who ran away

    Cover of edition choochoorunawaye00burt Cover of edition choochoorunawaye00burt Cover of edition choochoo00virg First published in 1937 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Calico, the wonder horse: or, The saga of Stewy Stinker.

    First published in 1941 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Emperor's New Clothes: The Graphic Novel

    First published in 1973 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Maybelle the cable car

    Cover of edition maybellecablecar00burt_0 First published in 1952 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Life Story

    First published in 1962 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Song of Robin Hood

    First published in 1947 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mike Mulligan and more : a Virginia Lee Burton treasury

    First published in 2002 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

    First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2009 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2018 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Classic Stories: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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American children's writer and illustrator (1909–1968)

Born 1909
Died 1968

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Picture books, City and town life, Determination (Personality trait), Literature and fiction, juvenile, Biography, Board books, Children's stories, Dwellings, Fairy tales, Ficción juvenil, Houses, fiction, Juvenile literature, Machinery, Toy and movable books, Accelerated Reader 2.8., Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Aristocracy (Social class), Behavior, fiction, Boys, fiction, Cable cars (Streetcars), Caldecott Medal, California, fiction

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Denmark, San Francisco (Calif.)

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  • Virginia Demetrios

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August 24, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong names
August 24, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
December 14, 2021 Edited by tmanarl bio
December 14, 2021 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import