 [when] warrior-birds swoop upon a pregnant hare, tearing out the unborn brood.”

That same year the first of Burroway's two children's books, "The Truck on the Track", came out in England.The American edition was published the following year by Bobbs-Merrill.The book enjoyed a long print run,

Her second children's book "The Giant Jam Sandwich" with illustrations by John Vernon Lord was first published in 1972 and had enduring popularity.