Books with title Happy Jack

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a 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. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.

The story of Thrift - taught by one of Mother Nature's thriftiest little people. "Happy Jack Squirrel and his near relatives are among Old Mother Nature's most interesting children, and they are known and loved by nearly all the boys and girls. Strange adventures befall Happy Jack. While he and Chatterer are quarreling in the tree-tops and shaking off the nuts, Cousin Chipmunk gathers them up and fills his fine new storehouse. No friend of Happy Jack is Shadow the Weasel. In fact it is Shadow who makes Happy Jack run for his life, saving himself only by jumping upon the shoulder of Farmer Brown's boy....There is an excellent humane lesson in the conduct of Farmer Brown's boy, who has to catch Shadow in a box-trap but carries him far away and again gives him his freedom....All these true-to-nature animal tales should appeal strongly to readers new and old of the popular Burgess books." -Our Dumb Animals "Mr. Burgess, the children's favorite, has never done a more captivating piece of work than in his charming description of the characteristics of Happy Jack Squirrel, the liveliest, most industrious of animals. He afford an artistic writer like Burgess the best possible inspiration for characterization and personification. Happy Jack Squirrel is first of all thrifty and Mr. Burgess makes the most of this phase of the lively little fellow's life. The most thrilling feature of the book is that which Mr. Burgess tells of the adventures that befell Happy Jack during one winter of his busy little life when his enemy, the Weasel, and his friends, Tommy Tit, the Chickadee, Sammy Jay and Farmer Brown's boy played a part." -The Journal of Education

Happy Jack is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Happy Jack Squirrel sat on the tip of one of the highest branches of a big hickory tree. Happy Jack was up very early that morning. In fact, jolly, round, red Mr. Sun was still in his bed behind the Purple Hills when Happy Jack hopped briskly out of bed. He washed himself thoroughly and was ready for business by the time Mr. Sun began his climb up in the blue, blue sky. You see, Happy Jack had found that big hickory tree just loaded with nuts all ripe and ready to gather. He was quite sure that no one else had found that special tree, and he wanted to get all the nuts before any one else found out about them. So he was all ready and off he raced to the big tree just as soon as it was light enough to see.

Slap Happy Jack By: MickijoSlap Happy Jack tells the tale of young Jack and his best friend, Smack—a rabbit of unusually large proportions—as they travel around the Old West growing famous for their slap jack skills and generosity with their winnings. Slap Happy Jack captures the author’s memories of her grandparents telling stories of “the old days.”About the AuthorMickijo was born and raised in Marietta, Ohio. She has always loved to read, allowing her imagination to create vivid scenes in her head. She is married to her best friend, Jim, who serves as her sounding board and critic. They have two children, Nick and Britney, and two granddaughters, Jadelyn and Emma. This is her second children’s book.

Slap Happy Jack tells the tale of young Jack and his best friend, Smack--a rabbit of unusually large proportions--as they travel around the Old West growing famous for their slap jack skills and generosity with their winnings. Slap Happy Jack captures the author's memories of her grandparents telling stories of "the old days." About the Author Mickijo was born and raised in Marietta, Ohio. She has always loved to read, allowing her imagination to create vivid scenes in her head. She is married to her best friend, Jim, who serves as her sounding board and critic. They have two children, Nick and Britney, and two granddaughters, Jadelyn and Emma. This is her second children's book.