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Katy and the Big Snow
by Burton, Virginia Lee (Story and pictures by)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good. Missing title page. Else very good. Light edge scuffing at spine fold. Top spine 1/4-inch tear, taped.
- ISBN 10
- 0590047922
- ISBN 13
- 9780590047920
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Scholastic., 1943. Publication reprint date not known.. Trade paperback. Good. Missing title page. Else very good. Light edge scuffing at spine fold. Top spine 1/4-inch tear, taped.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 21 cm nearly square. Audience: Children/juvenile. Author also of "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel". Katy was a big red crawler tractor, and strong. She had a bulldozer part to push dirt around, and a snow plow, well, to plow snow. She belonged to the Highway Department of the City of Geoppolis. Then, one winter a big snow storm came, starting off with about 4 inches. All the city truck plows did what they could. Snow kept falling. Katy was sent out to take care of 10 inches of snow. Still the snow was coming down, and it was Katy left alone to plow out the city so other work could happen. Classic 1940s-1950s.
Synopsis
Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs. In 2009, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Virginia Lee Burton's birth. As part of this celebration a glitter-cover edition of Katy and the Big Snow, complete with snowy stickers, has been created. In this enduring winter favorite from the Caldecott Medal winner Burton, Katy the snowplow finally gets her chance to shine when a blizzard blankets the city and everyone is relying on Katy to help dig out. This new paperback is perfect for gift giving. Children love sharing Katy’s shining moment of glory and will inevitably admire her “chug, chug, chug” endurance.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Ch3640011106
- Title
- Katy and the Big Snow
- Author
- Burton, Virginia Lee (Story and pictures by)
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. Missing title page. Else very good. Light edge scuffing at spine fold. Top spine 1/4-inch tear, taped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Publication reprint date not known.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0590047922
- ISBN 13
- 9780590047920
- Publisher
- Scholastic.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Author also of "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel"|Classic 1940s-1950s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Picture-books;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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