- Choo Choo, © 1937. ISBN 0-395-47942-8
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, © 1939. ISBN 0-590-75803-9
- Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker, © 1941.
"I did for both Aris and Mike [her children] in an attempt to wean them away from comic books."
- The Little House, © 1942. (Caldecott Medal winner)ISBN 0-395-18156-9
"was based on our own little house which we moved from the street into a field of daises with apple trees growing around."
- Katy and the Big Snow, © 1943. ISBN 0-395-95991-8
"the story of our Gloucester Highway Department."
- Maybelle the Cable Car, © 1952. ISBN 0-618-16440-5
"was made in memory of my school days in San Francisco."
- Life Story, © 1962. ISBN 0-395-18156-9
"This book took me eight years to complete. The research from book...museums of natural history...and direct observation from life was an education in itself."
- Mike Mulligan and More: Four Classic Stories by Virginia Lee Burton, 2002, omnibus volume ISBN 0-618-25627-X