VIRGINIA LEE BURTON: A SENSE OF PLACE celebrates the career of Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968), the groundbreaking author-illustrator of the beloved picture books Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shoveland the Caldecott Award-winning The Little House. This finely wrought documentary explores Burton's life and art through a treasure-trove of archival materials, never-before-seen photographs, personal documents, sketchbooks, original manuscripts and interviews with family, friends and scholars. VIRGINIA LEE BURTON: A SENSE OF PLACE paints a portrait of a Renaissance woman ahead of her time, whose art and literature remains an enduring part of America's cultural heritage.