Virginia Lee Burton's books are notable for their swirling, stylized illustrations and her stories concerning technological change. Characters are apt to be buildings or machines.

• Choo Choo, © 1937. ISBN 0-395-47942-8
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, © 1939. ISBN 0-590-75803-9
• Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker, © 1941.

"I did for both Aris and Mike [her children] in an attempt to wean them away from comic books."

• The Little House, © 1942. (Caldecott Medal winner)ISBN 0-395-18156-9

"was based on our own little house which we moved from the street into a field of daises with apple trees growing around."

• Katy and the Big Snow, © 1943. ISBN 0-395-95991-8

"the story of our Gloucester Highway Department."

• Maybelle the Cable Car, © 1952. ISBN 0-618-16440-5

"was made in memory of my school days in San Francisco."

• Life Story, © 1962. ISBN 0-395-18156-9

"This book took me eight years to complete. The research from book...museums of natural history...and direct observation from life was an education in itself."

• Mike Mulligan and More: Four Classic Stories by Virginia Lee Burton, 2002, omnibus volume ISBN 0-618-25627-X

• Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art, by Barbara Elleman, 2002, ISBN 0-618-00342-8

• Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place, a documentary film narrated by Lindsay Crouse, had its world premiere at the Cape Ann Museum on December 8, 2007. The film is produced by Christine Lundberg of Red Dory Productions, Gloucester MA in partnership with filmmaker Rawn Fulton of Searchlight Films, Bernardston MA, with music composed by Steven Schoenberg of Quabbin Music, New Salem MA. It had its initial broadcast on WGBH, Boston Channel 44) on December 30, 2007 at 7 p.m.[1]. For more information, visit www.virginialeeburtonthefilm.com