Virginia Lee Burton
American illustrator and children's book author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Virginia Lee Burton (August 30, 1909 – October 15, 1968), also known by her married name Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children's book author. She wrote and illustrated seven children's books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939) and The Little House (1943), which won the Caldecott Medal. She also illustrated six books by other authors.
Virginia Lee Burton | |
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Born | Virginia Burton (1909-08-30)August 30, 1909 Newton Centre, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | October 15, 1968(1968-10-15) (aged 59) Boston, Massachusetts |
Occupation | Illustrator, writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Children's picture books |
Notable works | |
Notable awards | Caldecott Medal 1943 |
Burton founded the textile collective Folly Cove Designers in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, which had numerous museum exhibitions. Some of its members' works are held today in the collections of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Cape Ann Museum, and New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]