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Books in His The bedtime story-books series

  • The adventures of Prickly Porky

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, July 6, 1944)
    Child's animal fiction.
  • The Adventures of Buster Bear

    Thornton W. Burgess

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 21, 2013)
    Gentle lessons about the dangers of greed, pride, and insensitivity are learned. What if your best friend was a big bully? A classic installment in The Famous Bedtime Story Books series. These classic and delightfully told tales provides important life lessons for young readers about selfishness, too much ego and aloofness. In large easy-to-read type, children will love reading about the escapades of an amiable bear who comes to live in the Green Forest, where he playfully annoys Little Joe Otter and other occupants. The other animals are frightened when Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, until he gets into trouble trying to steal blueberries from Farmer Brown's boy and they realize he is not very different from them at all. BUSTER BEAR GOES FISHING LITTLE JOE OTTER GETS EVEN WITH BUSTER BEAR BUSTER BEAR IS GREATLY PUZZLED LITTLE JOE OTTER SUPPLIES BUSTER BEAR WITH A BREAKFAST GRANDFATHER FROG'S COMMON-SENSE LITTLE JOE OTTER TAKES GRANDFATHER FROG'S ADVICE FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAS NO LUCK AT ALL FARMER BROWN'S BOY FEELS HIS HAIR RISE LITTLE JOE OTTER HAS GREAT NEWS TO TELL BUSTER BEAR BECOMES A HERO BLACKY THE CROW TELLS HIS PLAN FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND BUSTER BEAR GROW CURIOUS FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND BUSTER BEAR MEET A SURPRISING THING HAPPENS BUSTER BEAR IS A FALLEN HERO CHATTERER THE RED SQUIRREL JUMPS FOR HIS LIFE BUSTER BEAR GOES BERRYING SOMEBODY ELSE GOES BERRYING BUSTER BEAR HAS A FINE TIME BUSTER BEAR CARRIES OFF THE PAIL OF FARMER BROWN'S BOY SAMMY JAY MAKES THINGS WORSE FOR BUSTER BEAR BUSTER BEAR HAS A FIT OF TEMPER FARMER BROWN'S BOY LUNCHES ON BERRIES
  • The adventures of Bob White

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (McClelland & Stewart, Aug. 16, 1943)
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  • The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver by Thornton Burgess, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy & Magic

    Thornton W. Burgess

    Hardcover (Aegypan, April 1, 2008)
    Work, work all the night While the stars are shining bright; Work, work all the day -- I've got no time to play! Everyone is curious! Farmer Brown's boy cannot figure it out. Then Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat set their minds to the problem and try to wrestle it to the ground. What is happening in the peaceful meadow where the stream flowed so quietly before -- and what does Paddy Beaver have to do with it? Thornton W. Burgess, famous for his tales of "the lesser folk in fur and feathers," first entertained young readers in the 1910s . . . and his books have kept doing so, decade after decade, down to the present day.
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  • The adventures of Bobby Coon

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Little, Brown, March 15, 1939)
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  • Sleep, sleep my little star

    Angelina Moor

    Paperback (Independently published, March 10, 2019)
    Sleep, sleep, my little star is a beautifully illustrated children's book with images of cute animals and written in the form of small poems. Children will easily fall asleep under these beautiful poems. After all, they can not just read, but also sing at night. The book tells about the love and care of parents for their children on the example of animals that children love so much.
  • The adventures of Sammy Jay,

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Little, Brown, and Co, March 15, 1915)
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  • The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

    Thornton W. Burgess

    Hardcover (Little, Brown, Jan. 1, 1944)
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  • The adventures of Peter Cottontail

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, Aug. 16, 1914)
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  • The adventures of poor Mrs. Quack

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Little, Brown, Aug. 16, 1917)
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  • The adventures of Reddy Fox

    Thornton W Burgess

    Hardcover (Little, Brown, Jan. 1, 1916)
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  • The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer by Thornton Burgess, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy & Magic

    Thornton W. Burgess

    Hardcover (Aegypan, April 1, 2008)
    "Men are strange creatures! I think I'll hunt one some day just to teach him a lesson," says Lightfoot the Deer to his new friend, Peter Rabbit.Lightfoot is glad of all the animal friends he meets in the Green Forest -- especially Paddy the Beaver, who saves him from harm. But what about these men? There's that strange one -- the farmer. Should Lightfoot trust this man -- when a second one is stalking him with a terrible gun?
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