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As he grows older the poignant story of a steam shovel that has become obsolete will be more relevant to him. Recently, ive contacted the authors children, who are in their 70s, and they were delighted to see what the bands. Steam powered shovels went out of use many years ago, being replaced by other machinery such as dieselpowered shovels and. They face challenges, but all ends well when mike becomes a janitor and mary anne is converted into a furnace. The rag coat fiar this is using the aussie moms pdf lap book. Its part of our series on the 100 best childrens books of all time. Suggested summer reading book list level m a picture book of frederick douglas adler, david. Mike mulligan his steam shovel, first edition abebooks.
Mike mulligan and his steam shovel by virginia lee burton can mike and his steam shovel, mary anne, weather the tests of time together. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel activities mike mulligan believes that mary anne can dig as much in one day as one hundred men can dig in one week. It features mike, his steam shovel mary anne, and a notsovintage theme of how technology changes how we live over time. When their livelihood is threatened by gasoline, electric, and diesel fueled shovels, mike and mary anne move to a small town to find work. Feist and janny wurts tots peter schneider jupiters skull jeffrey ford. The little house and mike mulligan and his steam shovel doris burn, andrew henrys meadow. Adapted and illustrated by jerry pinkney k4 44 pages morrow, 1997 rikki is a fearless mongoose, adopted by a. See more ideas about earth moving equipment, shovel and heavy equipment. Mike mulligan and his steam shovel by virginia lee burton 57. My mom bought the book for me from a garage sale when i was a boy. Steam shovels simply made way for more modern technologies. Audio excerpt from mike mulligan and his steam shovel. The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are alex halprin, darla edmunds. Since it was first published in 1939, mike mulligan and his steam shovel has delighted generations of children.
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