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MOTHER WEST WIND 'HOW' STORIES: ILLUSTRATED EDITION BY THORNTON BURGESS - pictures by Harrison Cady - The Gunston TrustMOTHER WEST WIND 'HOW' STORIES is a wonderful bedtime experience as we enter the world of animals that make their home in the Green Forest. Original storys by... Read Full Overview

At the edge of the old briar-patch sits Peter Rabbit -- staring into the sky, his head tipped so far back it makes his neck ache

Up in the sky, a black speck sails across the snowy white face of a cloud. How could that little speck be alive, way up... Read Full Overview

Peter Rabbit sat on the edge of the dear Old Briar-patch, staring up into the sky with his head tipped back until it made his neck ache. Way, way up in the sky was a black speck sailing across the snowy white face of a cloud. It didn't seem possible that it could be alive way... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 - June 5, 1965) was an American 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... Read Full Overview

Mother West Wind How Stories is a collection of short stories for children, written by Thornton Waldo Burgess and first published in 1916. The stories are set in the Green Forest and feature a cast of animal characters, including Peter Rabbit, Johnny Chuck, and Reddy Fox. The... Read Full Overview

Mother West Wind How Stories is a collection of charming tales for children, written by Thornton Waldo Burgess and first published in 1916. The book features a cast of lovable animal characters, including Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, and Bobby Coon, who live in the peaceful world... Read Full Overview

Mother West Wind How Stories is a collection of short stories written by Thornton Waldo Burgess and originally published in 1916. The book is part of the Mother West Wind series and features a cast of animal characters who live in the Green Forest. The stories follow the adventures... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview