The Burgess bird book for children / Thornton W. Burgess ; with illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
Material type: TextPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2003.Description: xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0486428400
- 9780486428406
- Bird book for children
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 598 B955 | Available | 33111010835672 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Parents, teachers, and young readers all over the world have enthusiastically welcomed the Dover reprints of Thornton Burgess's classic nature books, including the perennial bestseller, The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. In the present volume, the author's goal of introducing children to the fascinating subject of bird life is brilliantly realized in story fashion. While "interviewing" Slaty the Junco, Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, and dozens of other common birds, our guides, Peter Rabbit and saucy Jenny Wren -- and, of course, the reader -- learn about their physical appearances, eating and nesting habits, and songs and calls. Over eighty years after its first publication, the book remains noteworthy and valuable for its extraordinarily successful blend of information and entertainment.
Includes index.
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1919.
"This Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an unabridged, newly reset re-publication of the edition published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, in 1919. The thirty-two full-page illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, originally in color, are reprinted here in black and white. The Introduction has been specially prepared for this edition."--Title page verso
Uses simple story narratives to introduce a variety of birds.
Burgess uses simple story narratives to present a wealth of information about the habits of North American birds: their appearance, diet, nesting habits, and relationships with other birds and creatures. Through Peter Rabbit's interaction with the birds, the readers get an extensive education in bird lore, as well as the perils posed by humans. -- adapted from introduction