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Author:

Rinker, Sherri Duskey, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Burton, Virginia Lee,--1909-1968--Juvenile literature.
Authors, American--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Illustrators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Children's stories--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
Illustration of books--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Rocco, John, illustrator.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0544715578
9780544715578

OCLC:

(OCoLC)961035015

LCCN:

2016015818

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