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Книги Thornton W. Burgess

Thornton W. Burgess - автор 14 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Old Mother West Wind, The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver, The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.

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The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W.Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters, he combined a gift for story-telling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose adventures he skillfully recounted in a series of charming fables. In them, he taught young readers about nature and encouraged them to love the "l...

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Mrs. Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Peter Rabbit

Something is definitely wrong with Peter Rabbit . . . he has no appetite! Deciding he is terribly lonely, Peter sets off to visit some friends in the Old Pasture but instead finds himself narrowly escaping the clutches of Hooty Owl, experiencing a nasty encounter with Jed Thumper (a big gray rabbit) and eventually staring right into the soft, gentle eyes of Miss Fuzzytail. Before you know it, Pete...

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Old Mother West Wind
Old Mother West Wind

Welcome to the timeless world of the Green Forest, the laughing Brook, and the Smiling Pool. Here young readers will meet a menagerie of funny and fascinating animal friends - Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog and many more - and learn about their exciting adventures. In this beloved classic, the first in a series of highly popular animal tales by Thornton W. Burgess, chi...

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The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver
The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver

As this delightful story opens, something strange is going on! The waters of the Laughing Brook and Smiling Pool have become a mere trickle, causing alarm among the creatures of the Green Forest. It seems Jerry Muskrat's cousin, Paddy the Beaver, has come south to make himself a new home. That means he had to stop the waters that flowed in the Laughing Brook and Smiling Pool to make a fine new po...

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The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

When Jimmy Skunk curls up to take a nap in an old barrel, the imp of mischief gets the better of Peter Rabbit. Tons of trouble plague the long-eared prankster after he decides it'd be great fun to see that barrel - with Jimmy inside - roll down from its resting point high on a hill. Reddy Fox gets the blame for Jimmy's wild ride (as well as a dose of the skunk's "perfume"); Peter...

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The Adventure of Bobby Raccoon
The Adventure of Bobby Raccoon

The gentle, old-fashioned animal stories of Thornton W.Burgess, told with great warmth and charm, draw young readers into the timeless world of the creatures who live in the Green Forest and around the Smiling Pool. In this engaging episode, Bobby Raccoon suffers a series of mishaps. Following a bad dream, he bites his own tail, is given a dreadful fright, survives an encounter with Buster Bear...

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The Adventures of Buster Bear
The Adventures of Buster Bear

When Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, the amiable bully stirs up quite a commotion, for bears haven't lived in the forest for years. And sure enough, before long Buster has a series of run-ins with Little Joe Otter, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Farmer Brown's Boy and even a stubborn metal pail! These and other entertaining escapades are delightfully recounted in this enga...

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The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
The Adventures of Johnny Chuck

Spring has arrived at the Green Meadow and Johnny Chuck is strangely discontent. On a whim, he offers Jimmy Skunk his house and then wanders off. Along the way, he gets into a fight with a strange woodchuck and, after a bruising battle, chases the intruder off. At that point, Johnny is feeling rather unconquerable - that is, until Polly Chuck uses her feminine charms to capture his heart. Before l...

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The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

One day, Peter Rabbit happens upon a surprise visitor to the Smiling Pool. It's Mrs.Quack the Duck, who is dreadfully upset after having narrowly escaped some hunters and their terrible guns. Worst of all, she has lost Mr. Quack, her husband, and doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Peter, Jerry Muskrat and the other animals in the Green Forest vow to help Mrs. Quack find a safe pla...

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The Adventures of Prickly Porky
The Adventures of Prickly Porky

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 mad...

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Buster Bear`s Twins
Buster Bear`s Twins

Mother Bear has a secret! In fact, she has two of them. They're her brand new cubs - Boxer and Woof-Woof. The arrival of the Green Forest's newest inhabitants has Peter Rabbit, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Prickly Porky, Hooty the Owl, and other forest creatures all astir over the goings-on in the Bear household. Young readers, too, can share the excitement as they learn how the twins get...

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Lightfoot the Deer
Lightfoot the Deer

Autumn should have been a season of contentment for the inhabitants of the Green Forest. Food was plentiful and all the young creatures born earlier in the year had been taught how to look out for themselves. It should not have been a sad time, but it was - because of the hunters and their long guns! Lightfoot the Deer was especially concerned. "There's nothing quite so terrible as being con...

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The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse

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,

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The Adventures of Reddy Fox
The Adventures of Reddy Fox

When little Reddy Fox gets too big for his breeches and steals a plump pet hen in broad daylight, the stage is set for an exciting tale as Farmer Brown`s boy pursues Reddy with loaded gun and Bowser the Hound. Fortunately, Reddy has wise Granny Fox on his side and, with some timely help from other woodland friends, manages to avoid an unhappy ending. As this timeless fable unfolds, children wi...