The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum

by Thornton W. Burgess

Overview

When Unc' Billy Possum learns how easy it is to get into trouble, it takes some doin' to get himself out of his predicament. First of all, he didn't go home when he should have. The next thing he knew, he was a prisoner! But with the help of his friends, especially Happy Jack Squirrel, Unc' manages to find a way out of his difficult situation.
Master storyteller Thornton Burgess beguiles young readers and nature lovers with another tale about the delightful creatures of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486430317
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	11/04/2003
Series:	Dover Children's Thrift Classics
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 - June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.