The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W Burgess 1922 First Edition Download
The Burgess Bird Book for Children was originally published in 1922 by Thornton Waldo Burgess. Its original purpose was to introduce your ones to the wonders of the bird world through a beautiful narrative story.
In each chapter, you meet different characters through which you learn the habits, diets, natural habitats, and nesting styles of a great variety of birds. Thornton Burgess was an American Author who many of us remember in "The Green Forest" or by his stories about "Peter Cotton Tail".
This book is a beautiful complement to any homeschool bird study units or as a nurturing bedtime story.
This ebook is a digitally remastered copy of the first edition publication. It has been preserved in its original typeface with full colour illustrations for your enjoyment. At The Living Books Library, you don't just own a book, you own a piece of history.
353 pages (approx.) with Original Full colour Illustrations
Table of Contents
1. Jenny Wren Arrives
2. The Old Orchard Bully
3. Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows
4. Chippy, Sweetvoice and Dotty
5. Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed
6. An Old Friend in a New Home
7. The Watchman of the Old Orchard
8. Old Clothes and Old Houses
9. Longbill and Teeter
10. Redwing and Yellow Wing
11. Drummers and Carpenters
12. Some Unlike Relatives
13. More of the Blackbird Family
14. Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark
15. A Swallow and One Who Isn't
16. A Robber in the Old Orchard
17. More Robbers
18. Some Homes in the Green Forest
19. A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black
20. A Fisherman Robbed
21. A Fishing Party
22. Some Feathered Diggers
23. Some Big Mouths
24. The Warblers Arrive
25. Three Cousins Quite Unlike
26. Peter Gets a Lame Neck
27. A New Friend and an Old One
28. Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat
29. The Constant Singers
30. Jenny Wren's Cousins
31. Voices of the Dusk
32. Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something
33. A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester
34. Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo
35. A Butcher and a Hummer
36. A Stranger and a Dandy
37. Farewells and Welcomes
38. Honker and Dippy Arrive
39. Peter Discovers Two Old Friends
40. Some Merry Seed-Eaters
41. More Friends Come with the Snow
42. Peter Learns Something about Spooky
43. Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill
44. More Folks in Red
45. Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters