Author(s): Virginia Lee Burton

Children & Young Adult

Mike Mulligan has a steam shovel, a beautiful read steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne dug the great canals, railways and highways. They dug the foundations of skyscrapers and the landing fields for aeroplanes. But when the gasoline, diesel and electric shovels arrive, it looks like Mary would be sold for junk, unless Mike can think of a really special job...