시골 언덕 위에 있는 작은 집. 밤에는 별을 보고, 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울의 계절변화를 느끼면서 살아가고 있었습니다. 시골의 경치만 보던 작은 집은 도시에 대해 궁금해 했습니다. 어느날, 작은 집 주위에 도로가 생기고, 차츰 집이 늘어나고, 빌딩이 들어서고, 전차가 생기면서 작은 집 주변은 점점 도시화 되어가고 작은집은 이제 밤의 별로 주변의 경치도 볼 수 없게 되었습니다. 마침내 도시를 떠나 새로운 시골 언덕을 찾게 된 작은집은 더이상 도시에 대해 궁금해하지 않았답니다. 수채화 같은 그림만으로도 이야기 전개를 알 수 있을 만큼 과정전개가 잘 그려져 있으며, 쉬운 영어로 쓰여있습니다.

"Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built." So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1942. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go by, from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of "the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Finally a woman recognizes her and whisks the Little House back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. For generations, young readers have been delighted by the whimsical, detailed drawings and happy ending.