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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
by Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965)
The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet many of them in the Old Orchard, the Green Meadow, and the Green Forest. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)
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Total running time: 7:28:17
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- 00 - Preface - 00:02:32
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Read by: Laurie Anne Walden - 01 - Jenny Wren Arrives - 00:09:00
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 02 - The Old Orchard Bully - 00:10:02
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Read by: Dorothy Lieder - 03 - Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows - 00:09:17
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Read by: John Lieder - 04 - Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty - 00:10:36
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Read by: John Lieder - 05 - Peter Learns Something He Hadn’t Guessed - 00:11:24
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Read by: John Lieder - 06 - An Old Friend In A New Home - 00:10:14
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 07 - The Watchman of the Old Orchard - 00:09:42
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Read by: Bryan Ness - 08 - Old Clothes and Old Houses - 00:08:48
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Read by: Bryan Ness - 09 - Longbill and Teeter - 00:09:24
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Read by: Bryan Ness - 10 - Redwing and Yellow Wing - 00:08:57
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 11 - Drummers and Carpenters - 00:09:21
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Read by: Betsie Bush - 12 - Some Unlikely Relatives - 00:10:53
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Read by: Jan MacGillivray with Scott MacGillivray - 13 - More of the Blackbird Family - 00:09:46
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 14 - Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark - 00:10:14
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Read by: Laurie Anne Walden - 15 - A Swallow and One Who Isn’t - 00:08:30
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Read by: Ethellion - 16 - A Robber in the Old Orchard - 00:09:11
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 17 - More Robbers - 00:11:19
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Read by: Deb Bacon-Ziegler - 18 - Some Homes in the Green Forest - 00:10:36
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Read by: Laurie Anne Walden - 19 - A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black - 00:12:26
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Read by: Mick - 20 - A Fisherman Robbed - 00:10:03
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 21 - A Fishing Party - 00:10:41
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 22 - Some Feathered Diggers - 00:13:01
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Read by: Janice Green - 23 - Some Big Mouths - 00:09:45
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Read by: Jan MacGillivray - 24 - The Warblers Arrive - 00:09:46
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - 25 - Three Cousins Quite Unlike - 00:09:01
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Read by: Laura Caldwell - 26 - Peter Gets a Lame Neck - 00:11:23
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Read by: Laura Caldwell - 27 - A New Friend and an Old One - 00:09:19
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Read by: Cori Dean - 28 - Peter Sees Rosebreast And Finds Redcoat - 00:12:41
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Read by: Daniel Shorten - 29 - The Constant Singers - 00:09:48
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Read by: Jan MacGillivray - 30 - Jenny Wren’s Cousins - 00:08:58
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 31 - Voice of the Dusk - 00:10:05
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 32 - Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something - 00:09:35
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 33 - A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester - 00:09:40
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 34 - Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo - 00:10:00
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Read by: Sibella Denton - 35 - A Butcher and a Hummer - 00:10:19
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Read by: Laura Caldwell - 36 - A Stranger and a Dandy - 00:08:38
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Read by: Cori Dean - 37 - Farewells and Welcomes - 00:09:29
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Read by: Cori Dean - 38 - Honker and Dippy Arrive - 00:10:25
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Read by: Sarah Jennings - 39 - Peter Discovers Two Old Friends - 00:08:33
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Read by: Cori Dean - 40 - Some Merry Seed Eaters - 00:07:45
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Read by: Andrea Lee - 41 - More Friends Come With the Snow - 00:09:31
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Read by: Deb Bacon-Ziegler - 42 - Peter Learns Something about Spooky - 00:08:41
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Read by: Laurie Anne Walden - 43 - Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill - 00:08:03
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Read by: Jamie Gardner - 44 - More Folks in Red - 00:08:24
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Read by: Jamie Gardner - 45 - Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters - 00:12:31
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Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
Cataloged on October 15, 2007
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