This story shows the progress of man as the house is surrounded more and more every year by the growing city. As the years pass, the house deteriorates and seems to look ill from the smog and noise pollution that surrounds it. Once the house is moved back to the country, it is revitalized and seems to be a happy place. I thought this was a predictable book. The pattern appeared as urban growth took place, and surrounded the house. I don’t know how I knew, but I must have assumed the house would be restored. This story comes full cycle, bringing the house back to the country. If the house wasn’t rescued, it would most likely have been torn down, consumed by industrial growth. ( )

The Little House lives in the country. Every night she looks for the lights from the city and wonders what it would be like to live there. Slowly, the city starts to move to the Little House. She ends up lonely and forgotten. Until one day, movers come move the Little House back to the country. She is happy again.

1.LITTLE HOUSEが建てられた田舎は、時代が進むにつれ都市になり、居心地の悪い環境になってしまいました。
ある日、女性がこの家をそのまま田舎に移動させたので、LITTLE HOUSEは自然に囲まれて建ち続けています。
人間も家も一緒、自然に囲まれた生活が幸せです。

2.As the Littele House settled down on her new foundation,she smiled happily.

3.1200字

4.15分 ( )

This is an adorable little book about a house who lives in the country but is mmoved to the city, to realize that she belong in the country. ( )

Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1942.

The Little House won the Caldecott Medal in 1943; this medal is given for artwork, so of course the artwork in the book is amazing and was probably innovative at the time of its publication. The genre of the book is fiction/fantasy, and the style of the story is figurative. I think the book would appeal to children Pre-K through 2nd grade. The point of view the story is told from is third- person omniscient. The bright eye catching illustration on the front of the book lets the reader know immediately that the house and the setting are characters in the novel. The use of personification is evident in the artwork which gives the house human characteristics. Its eyes are awake and asleep and show curiosity (on page 30) and sadness (on page 31). The author states that the house is: frightened, sad, lonely and happy at various points throughout the story, and the house can see the sun and the moon and hear noise and smell pollution.
The book does tell an excellent story the theme, although not stated, is one of hope and change. It may have been the first environmentally politically correct book for children. As stated earlier, the setting is a character in the story. At the beginning of the story, The Little House is built on a hill in the country in the days of the horse and buggy. Again, the reader is made to understand this through the artwork. The original setting is a peaceful one with trees, flowers, sunshine and children playing in the yard. The reader understands the passing of time through the artwork---day turns to night, winter to spring. As with life, the passage of time brings changes.
The Little House is surprised to see horseless carriages “winding down the country road” and “fewer and fewer carriages pulled by horses.” The city lights have always held a sense of awe and curiosity for The Little House, but now the lights seem to be getting closer. Soon dump trucks and steam shovels are plowing down the roads and building gas stations, roadside stands, and more houses. Then there are apartment buildings, trolley cars, and bus and subway stations. People rushed and hurried everywhere; the noise was awful. The Little House couldn’t tell day from night or see the sun or stars in the sky for the city lights. The dust and smoke were awful too. The Little House is now in terrible condition; the windows are broken and the paint is peeling, and The Little House is miserable. One day a woman sees the house and says that it looks like the house her grandmother lived in years ago in the country. When the woman finds out that it is indeed the same house, she has The Little House moved into the country where the house is painted and fixed. The Little House is happy once again. ( )