the little house by virginia lee burton summary

The house watched the seasons change, watched the children grow up, saw her owners grow old and (the book doesn’t say this) die. But what do I know?)įor quite a few years, all was quiet and peaceful.

I don’t think that it’s actually possible to prevent your heirs from selling your house. (And the same must have applied to the paper currency which, by the time the book was written, had already been divorced from precious metals as a basis. Her builder built her for his family, and somehow wrote his will such that the house could not be sold for gold or silver. The story is pretty simple: A few generations ago, apparently in a time before automobiles became widely used, or perhaps before they existed, a little house was built on a hill covered with daisies. Ironically, though the book shows us both the pastoral countryside and a busy American cityscape, circa 1940, I always found more to see in the pictures of the countryside. Burton created to reflect a much simpler world and time. I used to spend hours just staring at the complex and detailed pictures which Ms. You needn’t be able to read, you see, to share in its magic. I’ve loved it as long as I’ve been able to read, and for some time before that. So, while getting back on the horse, I may move a little slowly and not be overly ambitious. Okay, baby steps… my reading and even listening time has, as previously stated, not been there lately.

The little house by virginia lee burton summary