Mike Mulligan

The Boston Globe has a nice backstory on Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, my favorite book from my childhood. My daughter Maddie has a single-volume collection of four Virginia Lee Burton books, but unfortunately tends to opt for Katy and the Big Snow at bedtime instead of Mike Mulligan. Clearly, she still needs to work on her "humoring the old man" skills.

(Via Big A little a.)