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With an updated cover, it's the perfect holiday present for children of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356034748588,"sku":"9780547575728","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/26205503482382.jpg?v=1781631977"},{"product_id":"9780395479421","title":"Choo Choo-PB","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided to run away from her humdrum duties. \"Told in rhythmic prose, with many sound effects. Illustrated with amusing, vigorous drawings in black and white.\" -- Wilson Children's Catalog\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356100415660,"sku":"9780395479421","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/21875093482328.jpg?v=1781632482"},{"product_id":"9780547371450","title":"Katy and the Big Snow-BD","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaty, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356200587436,"sku":"9780547371450","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/24162723482382.jpg?v=1781634543"},{"product_id":"9780395185629","title":"Katy And The Big Snow-PB","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356200620204,"sku":"9780395185629","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/18937173482328.jpg?v=1781634545"},{"product_id":"9780547131047","title":"Little House - BD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built.\" So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1942. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go by, from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of \"the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight.\" Finally a woman recognizes her and whisks the Little House back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. For generations, young readers have been delighted by the whimsical, detailed drawings and happy ending.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356220477612,"sku":"9780547131047","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/21758693482382.jpg?v=1781634998"},{"product_id":"9780395259382","title":"Little House - PB","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirginia 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, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs. 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Desde que fue publicado en 1939, Mike Mulligan y su máquina maravillosa ha deleitado a generaciones de niños. Mike y su confiable excavadora de vapor, Mary Anne, excavan profundos canales para que viajen los barcos, cortan montañas para que pasen los trenes y vacían sótanos para los rascacielos citadinos --el símbolo mismo de la América industrial--. Pero con el progreso llegan nuevas máquinas y pronto el dúo inseparable se queda sin trabajo. Mike cree que Mary Anne puede excavar en un día lo mismo que pueden excavar cien hombres en una semana y ambos tienen una última oportunidad para probarlo y salvar a Mary Anne del desguace. Lo que sigue en el pequeño pueblo de Popperville es un testimonio a su amistad y al viejo trabajo duro y la ingenuidad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A modern classic now available in Spanish. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel is the story of a steam-shovel operator and his steam shovel - the beguiling Mary Anne - which he would not desert, even though competition from gas and diesel-motored shovels was ruining him. The solution to Mike's problem is classic in its simplicity. Under pressure to show Mary Anne at her best, Mike digs the foundation for the town hall of Popperville and in his haste forgets to leave a way for Mary Anne to get out! The ingenious townspeople suggest that Mary Anne be remodeled into a furnace and Mike be retained to keep her heart and boiler warm. This is a classic story of the old being replaced by the new and the nostalgia often felt for archaic things. 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