A GEM TURNS 85
Why ‘Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel’ Still Charms All Ages
Virginia Lee Burton honored the work of women and older people while others peddled stereotypes
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4 min readApr 23, 2024
Sad, lonely, cranky, sick, or weird — that’s how picture books portrayed the elderly when I was a child. And those were just the male characters.
