Virginia Lee Burton

Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) was an American illustrator and children's author who wrote and illustrated seven books for children. She was best known for Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, about a man and his old steam shovel facing newer machines, and for The Little House, which won the Caldecott Medal. Burton also illustrated six books by other authors and founded Folly Cove Designers, a textile collective in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, whose members' works are now held by several museums.