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Excerpt from Mother West Wind's Animal Friends One morning, just as usual, Old Mother West Wind turned the Merry Little Breezes out to play on the Green Mead ows. Then she hurried away to fill the sails of the ships and blow them. Across the great ocean. The Merry Little Breezes hopped and skipped over the Green Meadows looking for some one to play With. It was then that one of them discovered something something very dreadful. About the Pub...

Excerpt from The Boy Scouts: On Lost Trail Those who have read The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp, the first book in this series, will need no introduction to most of the char actera of the present volume. Four of them are members of Dr. Merriam's famous vaca tion school in the deep woods, a camp con ducted under Boy Scout law, but with tribes instead of patrols, each tribe having as chief a Scout of the first class. Three of them were principa...

Excerpt from The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in...

Excerpt from The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk Right away a plan for getting Reddy up there ¿ashed into Peter's head. He would get Sammy angry, and that would make Sammy scream. Reddy would be sure to come Up there to see what Sammy Jay was making such a fuss about. Sammy, you know, is very quick-tempered. No one knows this better than Peter. So instead of re plying politely to Sammy, as he should have done, Peter spoke crossly. About the Publis...

Excerpt from The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp In this and succeeding volumes, The Boy Scouts on Swift River, The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail, The Boy Scouts in a Trapper's Camp, I have sought to portray the life of such a school camp under Boy Scout rules. The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp has been written with a twofold purpose: To stimulate on the part of every one of my boy readers a desire to master for himself the mysteries of nature's great...

Excerpt from The Boy Scouts in a Trapper's Camp To those who have read the preceding volumes in this series, "The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp, " "The Boy Scouts on Swift River, " and "The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail, " some of the characters in the present volume will be familiar. To me they are old friends in whose struggles and adventures I have taken the keenest personal interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of t...

Excerpt from The Adventures of Chatterer the Red SquirrelIt seemed as if that little Voice inside had fairly shouted in his ears: I am afraid. Frontispiece. See Page 118.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pre...

Excerpt from The Adventures of Bob White The Green Meadows, the Green Forest, and the Old Orchard learned this long ago, and it is one reason why you will so often find them singing with all their might when they are hard at work building their homes in the spring. Most of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of a...

Peter Rabbit had stretched out wearily on a tiny sunning-bank in the farthest corner of the Old Pasture when a tiny rustle behind him made him jump to his feet with his heart in his mouth. When he looked around he saw two of the softest, gentlest eyes in the world peeping at him from behind a big fern. Later, he told Tommy Tit all about the two soft, gentle eyes he had seen peeping at him from behind a big fern, and how he wanted to know who ...

When Bobby the Coon awakens from his long winter hibernation, he finds Farmer Brown and his boy chopping down the chestnut tree that is his home. But Bobby's escape attempt results in a broken leg. Will he heal fast enough and well enough for him to find a new home before it's time to hibernate again?One of the most popular writers for children in the English language, American author and naturalist THORNTON WALDO BURGESS (1874-1965) produced ...

Caught between certain death at the paws of Shadow the Weasel and the claws of Redtail the Hawk, Chatterer the Red Squirrel finds himself on the run from his home and his stores of nuts and seeds just as winter is coming on. But Chatterer's unruly tongue gets him into all sorts of trouble with the animals who might have sheltered him from the cold. Can he learn to be a better friend and find a place to stay before the first snow? One of the m...

When Farmer Brown's boy starts setting traps for the woodland critters of Laughing Brook and Smiling Pool, Grandfather Frog has a scheme to save the animals. But then the brook and the pool start to dry up, threatening the lives of all those under Grandfather Frog's care. Can Jerry Muskrat, Joe Otter, and their young friends solve the mystery and save the woods? One of the most popular writers for children in the English language, American au...

Determined to see the Great World beyond the familiar vistas of the Smiling Pool, Grandfather Frog tumbles haplessly into the pitfalls of greed, boastfulness, and carelessness. 6 illustrations.

Timeless classic recounts Peter's adventures in the Green Forest as he discovers the folly of changing his name, outwits Reddy Fox, learns important lessons about not doing what Nature never intended. 6 illustrations.

Excerpt from Mother West Wind When Stories Spring when no one else would, and bravely carried his message of gladness and joy where it was sadly needed, in Spite of cold and hardship which no one else was willing to face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of...

Excerpt from Mother West Wind Where Stories That voice was so unexpected and so deep that Peter was startled. He jumped, started to run, then Stopped. He wanted to run, but curiosity wouldn't let him. He Simply couldn't run away until he had found out where that voice came from and to whom it belonged. It seemed to Peter that it had come from right out of the Smil ing Pool, but look as he would, he couldn't see any one there. If you please, ...

Excerpt from Mother West Wind How Stories Peter rubbed the back of his neck, which ached because he had tipped his head back so long. Then he gave a little Sigh. I wonder what it seems like to be able to ¿y like that, said he out loud, a way he sometimes has. Are you envious? Asked a voice so close to him that Peter jumped. There was Sammy Jay Sitting in a little tree just over his head. No!' snapped Peter, for it made him a wee bit cross ...

Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories, primarily writing about nature for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, "Bedtime Stories." The Adventures of Blacky the Crow is one of the Green Forest series, which has charmed young readers for generations.

Instead of flying straight to that old nest, he first flew over the tree so that he could look down into it. Right away he saw something that made him gasp and blink his eyes. It was quite large and white, and it looked -- it looked very much indeed like an egg! Do you wonder that Blacky gasped and blinked? You know Blacky has a weakness for eggs. The more he thought about it, the hungrier he grew. . . !

This heartwarming tale of animal pranks and rivalries, enhanced with Harrison Cady's charming illustrations, has thrilled generations of youngsters with its gentle lessons about wildlife and their natural habitats. 30 illustrations.