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Following the success of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children," Thornton W. Burgess' fans clamored for more, thus prompting the author to produce "The Burgess Animal Book for Children," a work similar to its predecessor. In this work the author instead turns his attention to the four-legged animals that populate the natural landscape of North America. Whimsically told through a conversation between Old Mother Nature and Peter Rabbit, characters that...
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This book was written to supply a definite need. Its preparation was undertaken at the urgent request of booksellers and others who have felt the lack of a satisfactory medium of introduction to bird life for little children. As such, and in no sense whatever as a competitor with the many excellent books on this subject, but rather to supplement these, this volume has been written. Its primary purpose is to interest the little child in, and to make...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of charming children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of engaging children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of entertaining children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Winter's here, and there's a carpet of deep snow covering the Green Forest and the nearby meadow - which means Reddy Fox and Granny Fox are having trouble finding food. Reddy, of course, is full of reckless ideas, such as getting into Farmer Brown's chicken house in daylight. Using the wisdom she's acquired over the years, Granny overrules many of Reddy's foolhardy suggestions, taking the conceit out of a youngster who thinks he knows more than anyone...
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Old Mr. Toad was acting strangely, and his behavior puzzled all the creatures of the Green Meadow. You see, he was in a hurry, and Old Mr. Toad NEVER hurried unless he was in danger. Where on earth could he be off to? To find out, Jimmy Skunk, Peter Cottontail, Unc' Billy Possum, and some other animals of the Green Forest secretly follow the old gentleman through the fields and woods as he makes his way to a very important engagement Young readers...
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Determined to see the Great World beyond the familiar vistas of the Smiling Pool, Laughing Brook, Green Meadows, and Green Forest, Grandfather Frog leaps forth to tumble haplessly into the pitfalls of greed, boastfulness, and carelessness. In this time-honored classic, Thornton W. Burgess mixes exciting adventure and good-natured humor with gentle homily to spin a wholesome tale of animal characters that children have found irresistible for generations...
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Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is a story about a mouse who learns the importance of being careful and taking time to enjoy life. Whitefoot is always rushing around, trying to get things done, but he eventually learns that it's more important to take time to smell the flowers and enjoy life. This story teaches children the importance of being careful and taking time to enjoy life.
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Hugo's cousin Maud came to spend the weekend at the farm.
"I would like to go to the pond down there, to see the ducks!" She said.
"I would advise you against it!" Replied Hugo, looking up to the sky. "It's going to rain!"
But Maud went...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Jack, Lilou and Lola were on holiday at the seaside. They were building an enormous sandcastle. They were so busy with their task that they didn't notice that the tide was coming in. When they realised, they were completely surrounded by water.
"Help!"...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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A hedgehog had stayed curled up for so long during the winter that he couldn't manage to uncurl himself when spring came! Something was blocked! So, he rolled along like a ball trying to find a way to unblock his spines, but it was impossible!...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Lilou and Lola were sitting beneath Barnaby, the old scarecrow. Lilou had brought a book and she was reading a story to her little sister. A story about a princess and a charming prince, of course...
But Lola wasn't the only one interested:...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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For her nephew Phil's party, Poc the witch gave him a magic book. When Phil started to read it, the book began to shake in his hands. Then Phil saw the pages of the magic book flutter in the breeze. With a flash, Phil was sucked into the pages...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Prince Roderick, who was in love with Princess Harmony decided to write her a love letter.
Beautiful writing paper, his best fountain pen and a pretty stamp. At last the letter was finished. But the prince didn't know where the princess lived....
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Nestor the beaver has a toothache. That's quite troublesome for an animal that uses his teeth to gnaw shrubs and branches and tangle them together to build his shelter across the stream.
"Let me take a look!" said Long-beak, the kingfisher....
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
EXCERPT
Hugo's cousin Maud came to spend the weekend at the farm.
"I would like to go to the pond down there, to see the ducks!" She said.
"I would advise you against it!" Replied Hugo, looking up to the sky. "It's going to rain!"
But Maud went...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories !
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Little Pirate had just boarded the ship with Captain Kruel, who promised him his first treasure.
Little Pirate was impatient! On the bridge, Kruel gave him a scrubbing brush and said: "The treasure is to be found underneath the grime on...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Lola, Lilou and Jack's little sister, was home after a field trip to the village farm.
She and her friends had spent a pleasant day and discovered many wonders.
Lola was keen to tell her parents about the trip: "We saw geese, sheep, goats...
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