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Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton  Cover Image Book Book

Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton / by Sherri Duskey Rinker ; illustrated by John Rocco.

Rinker, Sherri Duskey, (author.). Rocco, John, (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0544715578 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780544715578 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780544715578 : SAL
  • ISBN: 0544715578 : SAL
  • ISBN: 9780544715578 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0544715578 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 38 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
Describes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-7.
Subject: Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968 > Juvenile literature.
Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Illustrators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Children's stories > Authorship > Juvenile literature.
Illustration of books > Juvenile literature.
Women authors, American.
Authors, American.
Women illustrators.
Illustrators.
Children's stories > Authorship.
Illustration of books.
Women > Biography.
Genre: Picture books.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 21 of 22 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon JB BURTON (Text) 33430138257910 Juvenile Biography Checked out 04/25/2024
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford jB BURTON, V. (Text) 32544072479743 Juvenile Biography Available -
Brookfield Library J 921/BURTON (Text) 34029141056498 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport jB BURTON (Text) 34000081317844 Juvenile Biography Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J B BURTON (Text) 34014140347791 Juvenile Biography Available -
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe J B BURTON (Text) 34026139783794 Juvenile Biography Available -
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck JB BURTON, VIRGINIA (Text) 34027138557692 Juvenile Biography Available -
Lebanon Elementary School 813.52 RIN (Text) 33431142734977 Nonfiction Available -
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury J BIO BURTON (Text) 33630141260658 Juvenile Biography Available -
Morris Public Library E FIC RIN (Text) 33460137378037 Easy Fiction Available -


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