by Virginia Lee Burton
Classic from before I was born. Mike and Mary Ann build roads and buildings. Now they are obsolete but Mike has a way of keeping Mary Ann from the scrap heap. I remember watching Captain Kangaroo as he read this book. It was fun then. It is fun now. My brother loved Mary Ann and Mike.
Genre: Children / Trucks / New Era Year Published: 1939 Year Read: 2009 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers When I first heard about this book, I was wondering to myself what was so special about a book being about a man and his steam shovel. Well, when I read this book I was amazed a...
I wasn't as thrilled with this as I expected to be. While the parallels with the current times (outdated workers, going farther and farther to find work) this one just felt outdated to me.
I wasn't as thrilled with this as I expected to be. While the parallels with the current times (outdated workers, going farther and farther to find work) this one just felt outdated to me.
I don't get the mysterious appeal. Maybe it's just that heavy yellow equipment is always popular? I don't know.
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