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K-3
Maintenance vehicle Charlie is smaller and less popular than the other streetcars. He feels unimportant until he's called upon to save the day, which helps him realize his own worth. A color palette dominated by olive greens becomes wearing, and the cartoony illustrations are generic. However, the message is worthy, and an afterword detailing the history of New Orleans's streetcars provides some fascinating context.
202 pp.
| Houghton
| October, 2002
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TradeISBN 0-618-25627-X$$20.00
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K-3
This compilation includes the complete text and pictures from four of Burton's most loved books: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939), The Little House (1942), Katy and the Big Snow (1943), and Maybelle the Cable Car (1952). Barbara Elleman contributes an informative introduction.