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The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)

Thornton W. Burgess (1874 - 1965)

From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North America. Old Mother Nature holds daily lessons for Peter Rabbit and all the other little folk of the Green Forest. Where do these animals live? What do they eat? What do they look like? So many questions with lots and lots of answers. (Summary by Jude Somers)

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Jude Somers	00:04:39
Play 01	Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea	Jude Somers	00:13:09
Play 02	Peter and Jumper go to School	Jude Somers	00:14:29
Play 03	More of Peter’s Long-Legged Cousins	Jude Somers	00:14:35
Play 04	Chatterer and Happy Jack Join	Jude Somers	00:13:11
Play 05	The Squirrels of the Trees	Jude Somers	00:15:06
Play 06	Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins	Jude Somers	00:15:20
Play 07	Johnny Chuck Joins the Class	Jude Somers	00:13:28
Play 08	Whistler and Yap Yap	Jude Somers	00:13:41
Play 09	Two Queer Little Haymakers	Jude Somers	00:14:56
Play 10	Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher	Jude Somers	00:13:30
Play 11	A Fellow With a Thousand Spears	Jude Somers	00:14:38
Play 12	A Lumberman and Engineer	Jude Somers	00:20:58
Play 13	A Worker and a Robber	Jude Somers	00:12:31
Play 14	A Trader and a Handsome Fellow	Jude Somers	00:14:39
Play 15	Two Unlike Little Cousins	Jude Somers	00:18:33
Play 16	Danny’s Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels	Jude Somers	00:14:19
Play 17	Three Little Redcoats and Some Others	Jude Somers	00:12:47
Play 18	Mice with Pockets, and Others	Jude Somers	00:13:45
Play 19	Teeny Weeny and His Cousin	Jude Somers	00:12:07
Play 20	Four Busy Little Miners	Jude Somers	00:16:42
Play 21	Flitter the Bat and His Family	Jude Somers	00:16:31
Play 22	An Independent Family	Jude Somers	00:16:36
Play 23	Digger and His Cousin Glutton	Jude Somers	00:13:13
Play 24	Shadow and His Family	Jude Somers	00:11:51
Play 25	Two Famous Swimmers	Jude Somers	00:16:30
Play 26	Spite the Marten and Pekan the Fisher	Jude Somers	00:09:07
Play 27	Reddy Fox Joins the School	Jude Somers	00:22:31
Play 28	Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf	Jude Somers	00:10:53
Play 29	Yowler and His Cousin Tufty	Jude Somers	00:13:31
Play 30	Some Big and Little Cat Cousins	Jude Somers	00:09:07
Play 31	Bobby Coon Arrives	Jude Somers	00:14:42
Play 32	Buster Bear Nearly Breaks Up School	Jude Somers	00:16:08
Play 33	Buster Bear’s Big Cousins	Jude Somers	00:12:11
Play 34	Unc’ Billy and Old Mrs. Possum	Jude Somers	00:13:18
Play 35	Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn	Jude Somers	00:21:12
Play 36	Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof	Jude Somers	00:15:51
Play 37	Thunderfoot, Fleetfoot and Longcoat	Jude Somers	00:14:07
Play 38	Two Wonderful Mountain Climbers	Jude Somers	00:11:40
Play 39	Piggy and Hardshell	Jude Somers	00:13:32
Play 40	The Mammals of the Sea	Jude Somers	00:14:59

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