Old Mother West Wind
Thornton Burgess was born in 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. While growing up he frequently roamed the fields, woods, and salt marshes of Cape Cod, where he came to know the birds, animals, and plant life well. Later, as a grown man, he told stories about the animals and wildlife he knew and loved to his young son. These stories were first collected in Old Mother West Wind. The volume was the first of over seventy books for Mr. Burgess. His characters - Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Sammy Jay, Happy Jack Squirrel, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, and more - are well known to Burgess fans around the world. The Golden Anniversary Edition of Old Mother West Wind is now being issued in paperback, bringing these well-loved tales to a whole new generation of children.
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Old Mother West Wind
Thornton Burgess was born in 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. While growing up he frequently roamed the fields, woods, and salt marshes of Cape Cod, where he came to know the birds, animals, and plant life well. Later, as a grown man, he told stories about the animals and wildlife he knew and loved to his young son. These stories were first collected in Old Mother West Wind. The volume was the first of over seventy books for Mr. Burgess. His characters - Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Sammy Jay, Happy Jack Squirrel, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, and more - are well known to Burgess fans around the world. The Golden Anniversary Edition of Old Mother West Wind is now being issued in paperback, bringing these well-loved tales to a whole new generation of children.
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Old Mother West Wind

Old Mother West Wind

Old Mother West Wind

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Overview

Thornton Burgess was born in 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. While growing up he frequently roamed the fields, woods, and salt marshes of Cape Cod, where he came to know the birds, animals, and plant life well. Later, as a grown man, he told stories about the animals and wildlife he knew and loved to his young son. These stories were first collected in Old Mother West Wind. The volume was the first of over seventy books for Mr. Burgess. His characters - Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Sammy Jay, Happy Jack Squirrel, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, and more - are well known to Burgess fans around the world. The Golden Anniversary Edition of Old Mother West Wind is now being issued in paperback, bringing these well-loved tales to a whole new generation of children.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781604597981
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Publication date: 09/02/2009
Pages: 78
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.19(d)
Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Author and conservationist Thornton W. Burgess (1874–1965) wrote thousands of animal stories for children, starting with the 1910 publication of Old Mother West Wind. Burgess's tales convey his fascination with wildlife and his concern for nature, teaching gentle lessons about ecology and respect for the environment.

Table of Contents

1Mrs. Redwing's Speckled Egg3
2How Reddy Fox Was Surprised10
3Why Grandfather Frog Has No Tail19
4Why Jimmy Skunk Wears Stripes25
5The Willful Little Breeze37
6Reddy Fox Goes Fishing45
7Jimmy Skunk Looks for Beetles55
8Billy Mink's Swimming Party64
9Peter Rabbit Plays a Joke73
10How Sammy Jay Was Found Out81
11Jerry Muskrat's Party90
12Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World97
13Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox Play Tricks104
14The Tale of Tommy Trout, Who Didn't Mind114
15Little Joe Otter's Slippery Slide119
16Spotty the Turtle Wins a Race126
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