Production Information:
First edition: The Little House, 1942 published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston. According to information found in ABEbooks.com, The Little House had at least 22 printings of the first edition.
Other editions- WorldCat shows that The Little House has been in print from 1942-2012. OpenLibrary.org shows there are at least 15 editions. It has been translated into 13 languages.
English Editions According to WorldCat:
The Little House (1942)
The Little House Grade 1 (1942)
The Little House/Books on Cassette (1988)
The Little House; Story and Pictures by V.L Burton (1946)
Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club presents The Little House (1969)
The Little House (1988)
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton: Literature Unit (1988)
Investigating Cities Through Literature (1994)
Different Language Editions:
Korean
Jagunjib Yiyagi (1993)
작은집이야기Chagŭn chip iyagi (1993)
Dutch
Het huisje dat verhuisde (1973)
German
Das kleine Haus (1970)
Japanese
ちいさいおうち /Chiisai ouchi (1981)
Afrikaans
Die Huisie (1971)
Chinese
小房子 /Xiao fang zi (1996)
Danish
Det lille hus (1971)
French
La Petite Maison (1996)
Norwegian
Det lille huset (1971)
Spanish
La Casita (1994)
Swedish
Det Lilla Huset (1971)
Thai
Ban noi (2004)
Hebrew
The Little House (1969)
Education: In Logan, Iowa the company Perfection Learning Corporation published Reading Skills Through Literature. Little House in 1996 as part of the Portals to reading, Jr. series. This edition used The Little House as a way to teach language and reading skills.
Publications:
First edition: The Little House, 1942 published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston. According to information found in ABEbooks.com, The Little House had at least 22 printings of the first edition.
Other editions- WorldCat shows that The Little House has been in print from 1942-2012. OpenLibrary.org shows there are at least 15 editions. It has been translated into 13 languages.
English Editions According to WorldCat:
The Little House (1942)
The Little House Grade 1 (1942)
The Little House/Books on Cassette (1988)
The Little House; Story and Pictures by V.L Burton (1946)
Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club presents The Little House (1969)
The Little House (1988)
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton: Literature Unit (1988)
Investigating Cities Through Literature (1994)
Different Language Editions:
Korean
Jagunjib Yiyagi (1993)
작은집이야기Chagŭn chip iyagi (1993)
Dutch
Het huisje dat verhuisde (1973)
German
Das kleine Haus (1970)
Japanese
ちいさいおうち /Chiisai ouchi (1981)
Afrikaans
Die Huisie (1971)
Chinese
小房子 /Xiao fang zi (1996)
Danish
Det lille hus (1971)
French
La Petite Maison (1996)
Norwegian
Det lille huset (1971)
Spanish
La Casita (1994)
Swedish
Det Lilla Huset (1971)
Thai
Ban noi (2004)
Hebrew
The Little House (1969)
Education: In Logan, Iowa the company Perfection Learning Corporation published Reading Skills Through Literature. Little House in 1996 as part of the Portals to reading, Jr. series. This edition used The Little House as a way to teach language and reading skills.
Publications:
Place
Boston
London Zurich Norway Sweden Kaapstad Norway Rotterdamn Tokyo Connecticut San Luis Obispo, California New York Seoul Soul Tukpyoolsi Mexico Paris Logan, Iowa Taibei Shi Yuan Krung Thep (Bangkok) New York |
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Comp
Faber and Faber Artemis Gyldendal Rabén & Sjögren Human and Rousseau Tiden Norsk Forlag Lemniscaat Iwanami Shoten Westin Woods San Luis Obispo County Schools Scholastic, Inc Neverland Picture Books Sigongsa Sistemas Tecnicos de Edicion Circonflexe Perfection Learning Corp. Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gong si Phraeo Phuran Dek Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Year
1942
1946 1970 1971 1971 1971 1971 1973 1981 1985 1988 1988 1993 1993 1994 1996 1996 1996 2004 2009 |
Print: The Little House was printed by Houghton Mifflin in 1942 in hardcover. As of 2012 the book is still in print with its 70th anniversary edition. It has also been printed in braille by National Braille Press in Boston, MA. The specific year is unknown but is thought to be 1994. There are cassettes, audiobook CDs, and a filmstrip by Disney as well. The first edition paperback was printed in 1978 by HMH Books for Young readers. There is also collections like Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury.
Total copies sold: The exact number is unknown, however, considering The Little House is #70 in the top 100 selling children's books and since it celebrated its 70th anniversary, it has and continues to sell very well.
Sales by year: Sale prices by year is also unknown but the year it was published it sold for $1.75 a copy. Today it sells at the price of $15.29 for hardcover and $7.99 for paperback.
Advertising- There were many advertisements through out the years, especially in newspapers. The slideshow below shows some examples:
Total copies sold: The exact number is unknown, however, considering The Little House is #70 in the top 100 selling children's books and since it celebrated its 70th anniversary, it has and continues to sell very well.
Sales by year: Sale prices by year is also unknown but the year it was published it sold for $1.75 a copy. Today it sells at the price of $15.29 for hardcover and $7.99 for paperback.
Advertising- There were many advertisements through out the years, especially in newspapers. The slideshow below shows some examples:
Performances in other media: the Walt Disney Company created a 1951 animated short about The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton was not pleased with the product. (Below)
Resources:
Barr, Catherine, and John E. Gillespsie. Best Books for Children Preschool to Grade 6. 8th ed. Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. Print. 151
“Books to Read. Are Books for Children Necessary During Wartime?” The Daily Boston Globe 22 April 1945: 20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Chief Awards Given For Children's Books:Miss Gray Gets Newbery Medal, Miss Burton the Caldecott." The New York Times 15 June 1943: 19. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
Children's Catalog. 8th ed. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1951. Print.
"Display Ad 25 -- no Title." Daily Boston Globe 17 Jun 1943: 17. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 9 Oct. 2013.
"Display Ad 38 -- no Title." The New York Times 30 Nov 1943: 46 ProQuest Historical Newspapers Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Display Ad 59 -- no Title." The Christian Science Monitor 24 Nov 1945: 12 ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Display Ad 81 -- no Title." The New York Times 1 Nov 1942: BR13 ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Display Ad 96-- no Title." The New York Times 15 Nov 1942: BR26 ProQuest Historical Newspapers Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Display Ad 131 -- no Title." Chicago Daily Tribune 6 Dec 1942: G22 ProQuest Historical Newspapers Web. 9 Oct. 2013.
"Display Ad 162 -- no Title." The New York Times 20 Dec 1953: BR17 ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 9 Oct. 2013.
"Display Ad 440 -- no Title." The Washington Post, Times Herald 11 Nov 1962: R19 ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
Elleman, Barbara. Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Print
“Fewer and Better Books and More and Better Children” The Daily Boston Globe 3 Dec 1942: 40. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
“Join Our Jolly, Happy, Busy Book Week Parade” The Christian Science Monitor 16 Nov 1942: 14. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
“Outstanding Library Displays Mark Children’s Book Week: Original Illustrations On View” The Christian Science Monitor 15 Nov 1945: 5. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"The Little House." Amazon.com: The Little House: Virginia Lee Burton. Amazon.com, n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2013. <http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-House-Virginia-Burton/dp/039525938X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1381519322&sr=8-1>.
"The Little House 15 Editions." The Little House (Open Library). Open Library, n.d. Edited 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. <http://openlibrary.org/works/OL3253376W/The_little_house>.