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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This special set of seven delightful books of warmth and whimsy take young readers to the Green Forest to meet Johnny Chuck, Bobby Raccoon, and other characters to learn gentle lessons about wildlife and the environment. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Thornton W. Burgess | | Paperback: | 672 pages | | Publisher: | Dover Publications | | Publication Date: | October 11, 1996 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0486294552 | | Product Length: | 8.5 inches | | Product Width: | 5.34 inches | | Product Height: | 1.89 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.28 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.4 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 2.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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 Gentle Lessons from Nature Jun 30, 2010
Gentle Lessons in Nature
Published in 1910 these 16 short animal tales were written for the author's son. A dedicated conservationist from Cape Cod Burgess introduces young children to a rogues' gallery of critters, who learn lessons the hard way. Mother West Wind brings her own children, the merry little breezes, down to play each morning; what they watch the various critters do and say provides human children with simple, sometimes humorous advice on moral behavior without being preachy. Hopefully future generations will appreciate and respect Nature the sooner for having been introduced to these amusing woodland characters with their all-too-human foibles. The choice of illustrator makes these tales come alive, for they stimulate a childlike imagination in an age when too much is pre-programmed for kids. I also recommend a sweet little book of animal stories called Hedgerow Tales by Enid Blyton.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 My 2 year old loves these stories! Sep 02, 2008
We have a very active 2 year old daughter who sits in rapt attention listening to the adventures of these woodland inhabitants. There are few illustrations but she doesn't mind a bit. The characters and their stories are of everyday life and gently rendered. There is a quiet almost meditative quality to the story-telling. If you are looking for Post-Modern Children's Literature, this is not it! These stories recall a bygone era through sweetly humanized forest animals where fox and rabbit co-exist in complete acceptance of their roles and responsibilities in a web of life.
28 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Classics! Jul 08, 2007
I just bought both boxed sets to give to my brother for his children. We both remember the books fondly from when Mom would read them to us when we were young.
My boxed set contained these books: Old Mother West Wind, Old Man Coyote, Prickly Porky, Bobby Raccoon, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, and Jerry Muskrat.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
I love these books Mar 28, 2007
As a child I read and loved the Burgess Book of Nature Lore. I wanted to give some of the same love of nature to my own daughter and found that Thornton W. Burgess had written many nature books for children. This particular set is a great starting off point for your young child. I love the way the author incorporates the description, habitat, and sound of many of the animals he is talking about. When your child hears these stories over and over they will be well on their way to discovering the natural world. When I read ""Mrs. Redwings Speckled Egg" to my daughter I have her hold her stuffed replica of a red wing black bird which actually makes the sound of the red wing black bird. It all comes to life for her. She is not quite three and she already is starting to identify different bird calls because these books give us the opportunity to talk about them. If you love nature and you have children you will love these books. Heck even if you don't have kids and are a kid at heart you will love these books.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Much loved stories from my childhood Mar 09, 2007
I loved these stories when I was a child. I would go to the library to get book after book. Now I am happy to give them to children I know and to discover that I still enjoy them. The author knew nature and he gave to all his animal characters the qualities that he found in nature. The blue jay is, of course, very loud and boisterous. Without really knowing it, I was learning to love and appreciate a variety of animals as I laughed at their antics in the stories.
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