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Review title: Virginia Lee Burton had an unusual talent.
Product review: She could express complex social, political, and economic ideas in terms that a child could understand without being didactic or preachy."Mike Mulligan & Mary Ann" deals with issues of obsolescent technology, repurposing and reuse, and vocational retraining for changing economic conditions. "The Little House" deals with technological change, urban sprawl, and development. Similar serious, grown-up ideas are in the other books, but in all four cases presented subtly and understatedly. All four stories give one things to talk and think about.With the possible exception of "The Little House", all are books that will appeal to little boys; as reluctant readers are more likely to be boys than girls, this is a good thing.It is wonderful that these classics are available with their delightful illustrations are now available in an omnibus edition.
