Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator: Virginia Lee Burton
Readability Scores: Interest Level=K-2, Grade Level Equivalent=3.8, Lexile=890L, DRA=28, Guided Reading=L
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Subgenre: Classics
Theme: Communities, way of life, changes
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary=little house, Secondary=family members who built the house, great-great granddaughter
Awards: 1943 Caldecott Medal winner
Date of Publication: 1942
Publishing Company: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN Number: 9780395259382
Summary: The story is being told by a narrator through the perspective of the house. It begins in the past when the house is built. The house watches as the seasons pass and the surroundings around the house change with time. The community goes from being a very rural community to being a busy city. The house suffers from neglect until the great-great granddaughter of the builder sees it and moves it back out to the country to live in.
Applications for Teaching: This is an excellent book to demonstrate to students how communities can change over time. After reading this book, the teacher could show students pictures of their own community from the past and talk about how things have changed.
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