The Burgess Animal Book for Children

by Thornton W. Burgess, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Thornton W 1874-1965 Burgess

Book Overview

When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him, she encourages him to speak with Old Mother Nature who is only too happy to help. During their "classroom" chats, she not only teaches Peter about Arctic Hare and Antelope Jack but also tells him about such creatures as Flying Squirrel, Mountain Beaver, Pocket Gopher, Grasshopper Mouse, Silvery Bat,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486437450
• ISBN13: 9780486437453
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

I use Ambleside Online and we are using this book for my son's homeschool year. We both love this book and look forward to reading it every week. We laugh at the sweet and silly animal characters, and we are learning so much. This is a fantastic book for nature study!

sweet book

This is an old fashioned nature book suitable for the whole family. Sweet and enjoyable as well as educational.

Nice introduction to animals.

The Burgess Animal Book is a well written book. It is written in the same style as The Burgess Bird Book. Facts about animals are written as animals have conversations. In this book "Mother Nature" is introduced and is the primary instructor. The book introduces concepts as "order" and discusses why animals have certain features. My kids from 3 to 7 enjoy listening to the stories. The only drawback to this particular book is the black and white photos of the original watercolor pictures. It was a bigger problem with the Burgess Bird book, however because birds are mainly identified by their colors.