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The Little House
The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton
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A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her, in a board-book version of a timeless Caldecott Medal book.
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sarahosterle
The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton

“Never again would she be curious about the city...“ I thought this was interesting in the way that the house has a gender and that they personify the house.

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sarahosterle
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I love this book so much. My mom used to read this book to me and it remind me of childhood. The pictures look the same but the more you look at the little house you can see all the emotions that the house is feeling as the city gets more and more busy. This is great book to read as a relaxing book.

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sarahosterle
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. 1942. Caldecott Award Winning. This book demonstrates the older style of illustrations. The value of each page shows only one side with a a picture and the other with writing. Through all the changes the color gets more dull and the house get s more sad. This reflects the feelings of getting old and of times changing.

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mahala28
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mahala28
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This book is great for talking about change.

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mahala28
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a little house was built to be loved by a family forever. The area around the little house starts to change over time, and the little house is neglected. Once living in the country, little house is unhappy in the city until someone comes along and changes that.

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Lilyj9
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At the end you can really tell the theme of the book, about how the grass is not always greener on the other side. And sometimes you have to go through a rough patch to see right where you are is where you are supposed to be. You learn to stop taking things for granted!

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Lilyj9
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I love how the illustrations captivate the emotions of the house and how she is feeling. This is the end and you can see how radiant and happy she is compared to loving in the city. Awesome work!

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Lilyj9
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This beautiful book The Little House that was curious about the city lights, her beautiful rural surroundings quickly turned into a very urban surroundings and she was sad she did not see much of nature anymore. The great-great- granddaughter of the man who built the house found her in the midst of the big city. She got her up and moved her back into the country. The illustrations are simple and sweet and fun to watch the seasons change!

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Deblovestoread
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It‘s a wrap. Just finished my last book for #BBRC Birth & Beyond Reading Challenge hosted by @LibrarianRyan

I got to revisit old favorites, find books I might not have otherwise read and found new favorites. Favorites of each category are in picture order.

A to Z Picture Books
Beyond Dick & Jane Easy Readers
Middle Grade Made Easy
Teen Angst
Grown Up
Yeah, Baby!

Thanks, Ryan for a fun challenge!

LibrarianRyan Yeahhh. Congrats. 4y
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Ryan_R
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This very special house was built out of love care in an area where it was able to see everything going on. Suddenly, there‘s one change followed by another and then another. Before long the house is sad and doesn‘t hardly recognize where it is. Soon something big happens that changes the house‘s life forever. This book is great to teach about change and adaptation. It can also be used to teach about innovation.

DrSpalding While there are certain required elements missing in your posts Ryan, your book selections are excellent. This is a classic. 4y
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hmarkins
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“everyone seems to be very busy and everyone seems to be in a hurry“

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hmarkins
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good illustrations. I like the different use of color depending on the scene.

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hmarkins
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I like how this book has different settings, like rural and urban, so it's relatable for all children. It's well told.

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mollywimmers1
The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton

“the little house was curious what it would be like to live in the city“ I think this is powerful becuase it goes a long with the lesson of “its always greener on the other side“

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mollywimmers1
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my personal favorite part was when the little house finally gets brought back to the country and was loved again

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mollywimmers1
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I loved this book. I really enjoyed the message behind the story and thought it would be something that kids could learn from but also enjoy

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Deblovestoread
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#30JuneBooks #PictureBook. Mine was The Little House, my son‘s was Alexander and my daughter‘s was Stellaluna. I will be revisiting these during @LibrarianRyan #Birthandbeyond reading challenge. Really looking forward to this trip down memory lane and to discovering new ones!

@howjessreads

marleed All three! 5y
LibrarianRyan yeahhhh 5y
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kateschaeffer
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this precious 1942 book tells the story of the little country cottage that bides its time in a hillside, watching the seasons pass. after many generations urban sprawl surrounds the little house and it‘s original owners great great granddaughter sets out in a mission to return the house to the countryside

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megansimon
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“In the night, she watched the moon grow from a thin new moon to full moon, then back again the thin old moon.”

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megansimon
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This story is so adorable- I love it. The illustrations make it feel so cozy and cute. I‘d definitely have it in my classroom.

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megansimon
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The illustrations add to the feeling of being in a cozy countryside and makes it blend into the time period at the beginning of the story. It has a simple enough plot for kids to be entertained and able to follow it.

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cathysaid
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Book: The tagged book - a small and lonely house in the middle of a city growing around it.
Movie: The Little House of Horrors...”Feed me Seymour. FEED ME.”
Song: “Our House” by Crosby, Stills & Nash -

“Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard”

#manicmonday @JoScho

AlaMich Love Little Shop of Horrors! 5y
cathysaid @AlaMich Ah yes...”shop” not “house”! 😂😬 5y
JoScho 💙🏡💙 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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#ChildhoodFavorite #SpringIntoReading These were in my stash from my childhood.As I got older I traded my kids books ,gave some to family members but these I held on to.I really didn‘t want the Little House to move from the city to the country,I guess I knew gentrification would happen later on , for good or for ill.🙂😒

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
vkois88 Great picks ❤ 5y
BiblioLitten 😍 5y
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CassidyCantrell
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“The little house wondered what it would be like to live there” (in the city)

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CassidyCantrell
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The little house stayed the same but saw many different days each and every day/night.

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CassidyCantrell
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The little house was built so well, they treated the house as a human. It had feelings and watched the nature events.
-caldecott

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kaity7
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"The little house stayed just the same."

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kaity7
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I liked the view of the house, however reading it to preschoolers was not effective because of the length.

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kaity7
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This book was published in 1942. This was a longer book and might be meant for an older group of children. It involves real every day issues which will allow children to relate to the outside world. The illustrations were busy and draw attention to the readers. The point of view is told from the house which allows the readers a different perspective.

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alanacristin
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This book made me so sad as a child, but i love it now. And after reading Big Machines, i have a new appreciation for Burton's creative process. I love these end papers and how they show the change of time, like sequential art textiles. toddler wasn't yet interested. #mommyreads #picturebooks

TheWordJar I love all of Virginia Lee Burton‘s books, but this one is my favorite. I love seeing the evolution of everything then the return to simplicity. ❤️ 6y
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morganhillman
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The Little House, a realistic fiction(RF) picture book, has won the Caldecott Medal in 1942. The book is all about a little cottage out in the country that watches as the seasons pass and enjoys her life. The city that she watches gets closer and closer until she is engulfed in all of the chaos of it. The granddaughter of the owner finds the house and takes it back out to the country where it belongs so that the granddaughter can live in it and

morganhillman have the house be happy again. I would use this as a read aloud(RA) in my classroom, but also have the students do an author study(AS) on Virginia Lee Burton after the reading. http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/caldecott-meda...
The UDL principle 8.3, foster collaboration and community, is met as the students dive deeper into Burton‘s books and illustrations together.
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morganhillman The EL principle 29, offer a variety of reference materials at the students‘ level for independent use, is met as they read one of Burton‘s books and then go and explore more of her illustrations in other books to complete an author study. #UCFLAE3414SP18 6y
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amandagrant
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The Little House is one of my favorite Caldecott award winners. It features a cute little pink house that lives on a very rural countryside. Soon, the rural area becomes developed and heavily populated. It illustrates to children the stark difference between nature and man-made inventions. It emphasizes phases of the moon, seasons, and reading a calendar. This F picture book could be utilized in an RA, but PR or GR would also effective.

amandagrant http://www.homeschoolshare.com/littlehouse.php This link contains effective methods this book can be incorporated into Art, Science and Social Studies.

UDL – 7.2 Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity

EL – 4. Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge

#UCFLAE3414F17
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Many years ago I owned this little book & record, playing it on my little record player. I wish I still had it, but through moves it was long gone before I reached High School. But I did find the old cartoon on YouTube today while I was trying to locate the book's author after all these years, plus a read-along of the original book. I'll link them below if anyone is interested.

#ReadingChallenge #BooksYouLovedAsAChild

*Photo from Google Images

Johanna414 My son loves this book- I can't wait to show him the cartoon! Thank you! 7y
Sydsavvy ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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LaurenMcl
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This is a book that I own a very used copy of. This little house has seen it all. I went from sitting in the beautiful country, to being smashed in the congested city! Fantasy? I pick this genre because although everything else in the book can really happen, houses do not think or have feelings in real life. Here is more on the Author/illustrator http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/biohome.shtml
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DrSpalding The resource providing more information about Burton is great! It won the Caldecott in 1942. Wow! 7y
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rachelm
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I blame this on you, Litsy. Reorganizing by color today...

LauraBeth I need to do this 😀 8y
BookMusings I'm so tempted to do this too. It would just look so cool! 8y
Zelma Ooh, I may have a project for the afternoon! 😄 8y
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