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Maybelle loves to carry people up and down the hilly streets of San Francisco, until the City Fathers decide that she should be taken out of service in the name of progress.

"The history of the trolley in Rhode Island is a fascinating and intriguing subject. Rhode Island had one of the richest and most modern trolley systems in all of New England, with historic Providence as its nucleus. In 1865, a horsecar line began providing service from Market Square in Providence to Olneyville. The evolution from horse-drawn cars pulled along a track to the electrification of the system took many years. By 1895, almost all horse-drawn...

"It is 1910 and Philadelphia is burning. The last place Spring wants to be is in the run-down, colored section of a hospital surrounded by the groans of sick people and the ghost of her dead sister. But as her son Edward lays dying, she has no other choice. There are whispers that Edward drove a streetcar into a shop window. Some people think it was an accident, others claim that it was his fault, the police are certain that he was part of a darker...

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel plus three other classic picture book favorites, in one collection.

The four complete and unabridged picture books by Virginia Lee Burton in this volume are:

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

The Little House (a Caldecott Medal winner)

Katy and the Big Snow

Maybelle the Cable Car

Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated stories that have been entertaining

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