Books with author George Ethelbert Walsh

All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the bear, and with White Tail the deer, for they are all a jolly lot, brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won’t lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, “I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances.” That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, and that’s just what you would have to do if you went outside of the books. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster and White Tail were favored with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten acre lot—but no, ten acres wouldn’t be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not a hundred acres.So we will leave them just where they are—in the books—and read about them, and let our imaginations take us to them where we can see them playing, skipping, singing, and sometimes fighting, and if we read very carefully, andthink as we go along, we may come to know them even better than if we went out hunting for them.Another thing we should remember. By leaving them in the books, hundreds and thousands of other boys and girls can enjoy them, too, sharing with us the pleasures of the imagination, which after all is one of the greatest things in the world. In gathering them together in a real menagerie, we would be selfish both to Bumper, Bobby, Buster, White Tail and their friends as well as to thousands of other little readers who could not share them with us. So these books of Twilight Animal Stories are dedicated to all little boys and girls who love wild animals. All others are forbidden to read them! They wouldn’t understand them if they did.So come out into the woods with me, and let us listen and watch, and I promise you it will be worth while.Washer the Raccoon, Wolf’s Den, Sneaky Visits Black Wolf, The Cubs Tree a Stranger,Bed time Tale, Animal World,Children Story, Washer Finds His Mother and Brothers

George Ethelbert Walsh (1865-1941) was the author of Bumper: The White Rabbit (1917), Bumper the White Rabbit and His Friends (1922), Bumper the White Rabbit and His Foes (1922), Bumper the White Rabbit in the Woods (1922), Bobby Gray Squirrel (1922), Bobby Gray Squirrel's Adventures (1922), Buster the Big Brown Bear (1922) and Washer: The Raccoon (1922).

TWILIGHT ANIMAL SERIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS FROM 4 TO 10 YEARS OF AGE.All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the bear, and with White Tail the deer, for they are all a jolly lot, brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won’t lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, “I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances.” That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, and that’s just what you would have to do if you went outside of the books. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster and White Tail were favored with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten-acre lot—but no, ten acres wouldn’t be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not a hundred acres.So we will leave them just where they are—in the books—and read about them, and let our imaginations take us to them where we can see them playing, skipping, singing, and sometimes fighting, and if we read very carefully, and think as we go along, we may come to know them even better than if we went out hunting for them.Another thing we should remember. By leaving them in the books, hundreds and thousands of other boys and girls can enjoy them, too, sharing with us the pleasures of the imagination, which after all is one of the greatest things in the world. In gathering them together in a real menagerie, we would be selfish both to Bumper, Bobby, Buster, White Tail and their friends as well as to thousands of other little readers who could not share them with us. So these books of Twilight Animal Stories are dedicated to all little boys and girls who love wild animals. All others are forbidden to read them! They wouldn’t understand them if they did.So come out into the woods with me, and let us listen and watch, and I promise you it will be worth while.

There was once an old woman who raised rabbits of all shapes and sizes, and would sell them on a street corner to buy cabbage, and bread. She had so many rabbits, as they bred so fast. The rabbits were all white, with pink eyes. And Bumper, had the whitest, with the pinkest eyes. The old woman takes Bumper, and some of the other rabbits to the street corner, and tries to sell them. A little girl ran over to the woman, and saw Bumper. She fell madly in love with him, but couldn't afford to buy him. But the interaction with the little girl brings up questions with Bumper. Questions about his existence, where he came from, why he and the other rabbits all have the same white fur, and pink eyes. He also begins to question why people buy his brothers and sisters, but not him. Soon, that will change, when a woman comes looking for a pet rabbit for her young son.He eventually goes on a great many adventures - investigating vegetable gardens, discovering sewer rats, and meeting all sorts of friends, like sparrows, and foxes.