Burton, Virginia Lee

Author Virginia Lee Burton

Author Biography of Virginia Lee Burton
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/biohome.shtml

Maybelle the Cable Car

Maybelle the Cable Car Unit
This was designed along the concept of the Five In A Row curriculum. You do not need to use FIAR to use the unit study.
http://happyhomeschool.familyclassroom.net/Archives/Literature/Maybelle.shtml

Museums In Motion – Maybelle the Cable Car
http://www.streetcar.org/mim/cable/tales/maybelle/index.html

Mike Mulligan

Mike Mulligan activities main page and there are 7 activities.
In celebration of Virginia Lee Burton’s classic story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Houghton Mifflin has prepared a series of reproducible worksheets for use in or out of the classroom. These enjoyable activities help to incorporate this beloved classic into a cross-curricular study. Using Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne, and other characters from the story as well as places, events, and vocabulary in the story, students complete independent and cooperative learning activities.
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/activities.shtml