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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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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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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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A plump little meadow mouse is always an inviting target for hungry hunters in the Green Meadows. This certainly should give Danny Meadow Mouse enough cause for concern; but lately, he's been worrying about something else — his short tail! In fact, he wants so much to have a different tail that he almost forgets to take care of the one he has.
Danny spends much of his time avoiding the likes of Hooty the Owl, who drifts effortlessly above...
Danny spends much of his time avoiding the likes of Hooty the Owl, who drifts effortlessly above...
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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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There's a big mystery brewing among the animals of the Green Forest — and it's all because of a strange little creature with no head, legs, or tail that came rolling down a hill and gave Peter Cottontail the fright of his life. What could it be?
Young readers and listeners will love finding out about this and other interesting goings-on in the Forest as they learn how Prickly Porky made friends, what made Old Granny Fox lose her dignity,
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of charming and witty 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...
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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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Poc the witch decided to bake a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But she didn't want to spend too much time making it.
So she looked for a magic spell in her book of magic spells: «Abracadabra, already very large, you will be!
But Poc was mistaken;...
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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"Tomorrow morning, it will snow in the middle of the country." said the weather reporter.
The next day, Julie jumped out of bed eager to make a snowman. But there was no sign of snow. One of the snowflakes had been busy playing with the clouds...