Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House , a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it.
The House has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she\'s sad when she\'s surrounded by the dirty, noisy city\'s hustle and bustle: "She missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Fortunately, there\'s a happy ending,.
Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House , a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it