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Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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A beloved storyteller takes young readers - and listeners - to the Green Forest to recount the adventures of Peter Cottontail, Mrs. Quack, Jimmy Skunk, Danny Meadow Mouse, and other woodland friends. Author and conservationist Thornton Burgess (1874-1965) wrote thousands of stories reflecting his fascination with wildlife and concern for nature, teaching generations of children gentle lessons about ecology and respect for the environment.
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A favorite listen, again and again
- By PCA on 12-15-15
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Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 03-13-13
- Language: English
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Christopher Romance
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children (1919) is a classic nature book by Thornton Burgess, who introduces young listeners to the subject of bird life by means of a series of interviews within a story. Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren interview Slaty the Junco, Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, and many other common birds to learn about their appearance, their eating, mating and nesting habits, and their songs and calls. The text remains popular as an exceptional combination of information and entertainment.
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- By Iphoneowner on 03-23-21
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
- Narrated by: Christopher Romance
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-25-20
- Language: English
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The Burgess Animal Book for Children
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Ginger Walton
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who live in the Green Meadows and Green Forest, she recommends Old Mother Nature who is happy to teach him. She tells Peter about a range of creatures such as Arctic Hare and Antelope Jack, Flying Squirrel, Mountain Beaver, Pocket Gopher, Grasshopper Mouse, Silvery Bat, Mule Deer and Grizzly Bear. This absorbing book teaches children about the many forms of wildlife and the animals' relationships with one another.Â
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A favorite! Read and re-read
- By LeeAnn on 06-25-21
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The Burgess Animal Book for Children
- Narrated by: Ginger Walton
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-07-20
- Language: English
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The Burgess Animal Book for Children
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him. Old Mother Nature is only too happy to help and holds a "school" for Peter. Along the way, many others of the Green Meadow and Green Forest creatures join Peter at school as he learns about his neighbors. As with all Thornton W. Burgess stories, young listeners gain positive values while learning a great deal about the animals that share their world.
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Worst narrator I have found, great stories
- By LeeAnn on 10-05-17
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The Burgess Animal Book for Children
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-13-17
- Language: English
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children introduces children to the fascinating subject of bird life in storybook fashion. Thornton Burgess uses Peter Rabbit as a means for younger children to learn about birds in the Green Forest and Green Meadows. On the journey through the book, Peter learns a great deal from sassy Jenny Wren and other neighbors. Listeners learn about common birds' physical appearance, eating, nesting habits, and songs and calls.
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Narrator hard to listen to
- By T. H. on 03-17-19
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The Burgess Bird Book for Children
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-08-17
- Language: English
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Thornton W. Burgess Box Set
- The Adventures of Sammy Jay; The Burgess Bird Book for Children; The Burgess Animal Book for Children; & Old Granny Fox
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved nature and its wild animals so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column. The delightful Adventures of Sammy Jay combines humorous animal escapades with gentle lessons about wildlife and nature, while The Burgess Bird Book for Children (1919) is a classic nature book which introduces young listeners to the subject of bird life by means of a series of interviews within a story....
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Thornton W. Burgess Box Set
- The Adventures of Sammy Jay; The Burgess Bird Book for Children; The Burgess Animal Book for Children; & Old Granny Fox
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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Old Mother West Wind
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Wendy Rich Stetson
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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Welcome to the world of Thornton W. Burgess, where Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Johnny Woodchuck, Reddy Fox, Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, and Happy Jack Squirrel play with Old Mother West Wind and her Merry Little Breezes among the Green Meadows and by the Laughing Brook. In his first book, Old Mother West Wind, Burgess introduces readers to these beloved characters and many more, who go on to inhabit his later writings. Burgess’s stories were based largely on his own adventures in nature, and went on to be translated into many different languages and published around the world.
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Old Mother West Wind
- Narrated by: Wendy Rich Stetson
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 05-01-18
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Marian Seldes
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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One of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Peter Cottontail is up to his long-whiskered nose in rib-tickling escapades in this delightful classic. With gentle charm and humor, famed storyteller Thornton W. Burgess draws young listeners into the timeless world of the Green Forest, the Smiling Pool, and the Purple Mountains.
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A favorite!
- By Stefani Stoltzfus on 02-07-22
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The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
- Narrated by: Marian Seldes
- Series: The Bedtime Story Books
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 03-13-13
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Reddy Fox
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Reddy and Granny Fox must outsmart Farmer Brown's Boy who is out to get Reddy for stealing his pet chicken. Along the way, Reddy encounters many of the citizens of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest and with him we learn little lessons about life such as: the perils of being a show off; the importance of using all of one's senses; that it is a fine thing to show sympathy and kindness to others - even our enemies; and that the value of a grandmother's wisdom is inestimable.
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The Adventures of Reddy Fox
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-25-15
- Language: English
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Blacky the Crow
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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Blacky the Crow is a mischief maker. He has very sharp eyes and sees things he shouldn't. They often get him into trouble. Blacky loves eggs. One day he discovers that Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Hooty have laid eggs in a nest when there is still snow on the ground. Blacky devises a plan with his fellow crows to steal them. Later, we find out that Blacky has a good side too. As with all Thornton W. Burgess books, there are positive messages for young listeners.
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Blacky the Crow
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-10-17
- Language: English
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Mother West Wind's Children
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Mary Baker
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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While growing up, the author explored the fields and forests and salt marshes of Cape Cod, where he became very familiar with the birds, animals, and plant life. Later, as a grown-up, he told stories to his young son about the animals and wildlife that he held so dear, resulting, amongst other works, in the wonderfully warm and acutely observed work "Mother West Wind's Children", where the animals of the Green Meadows and Green Forest are having all kinds of small adventures.
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Mother West Wind's Children
- Narrated by: Mary Baker
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-06-17
- Language: English
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Old Granny Fox
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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Old Granny Fox was a wise old fox who lived with her grandson Reddy. Reddy is young and impulsive and gets into a great deal of trouble because of this. So Granny must teach him the lessons of nature if he is to survive. The practical lessons about theft, gratitude and kindness that Granny teaches Reddy, as in all Thornton Burgess books, promote these virtues to young children listening to this book.
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Old Granny Fox
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 04-28-16
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Bobby Coon
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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The Adventures of Bobby Coon follows a raccoon whose dead hollow tree is cut down by Farmer Brown and his son. Both are unaware that Bobby is sleeping in it. When Bobby Coon is injured, Farmer Brown’s boy nurses him back to health. Once healthy, he is released back into nature and goes in search of a new home, which is not as easy as he thought it would be.
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The Adventures of Bobby Coon
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-29-13
- Language: English
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Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
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Whitefoot the Woodmouse is the story of one of the Green Forest's most timid creatures. Whitefoot is always on the lookout for predators since he is one of the smallest and most vulnerable creatures in the Green Forest. Whitefoot discovers that sometimes those he considers to be an enemy may turn out to be a friend. He also discovers the meaning of love.
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Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-12-19
- Language: English
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Buster Bear's Twins
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Buster Bear's Twins is a story about two new residents in the Green Forest, Boxer and Woof Woof bear. The arrival of the Green Forest's newest inhabitants has Peter Rabbit, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Prickly Porky, Hooty the Owl, and other forest creatures all astir over the goings-on in the Bear household. The two are twin siblings of Buster Bear, who is the subject of a Thornton Burgess audiobook. The twins, under the guidance of their mother, Mrs. Bear, learn important lessons about life and survival in the Green Forest.
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Buster Bear's Twins
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-17-19
- Language: English
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Mother West Wind's Where Stories
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Peter Rabbit has a great deal of curiosity and loves to hear stories. In this collection of 16 short stories, Peter Rabbit learns more about many of his neighbors in the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. Sometimes Grandfather Frog tells him a story but there are other neighbors who also share their "knowledge" with him. Mother West Wind's Where Stories explains how Old Mother Nature gives special attention to each creature's special needs when the "world was young".Â
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Mother West Wind's Where Stories
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-16-21
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Buster Bear
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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The Adventures of Buster Bear follows a bear who has moved from the Great Woods to the Green Forest. Unknown to the little people of the Green Forest, Buster Bear, although is big and has a grumbly rumbly voice is actually very shy. As with most Burgess books, there is a positive morale to the story.
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It Taught My Children about Nature
- By mommitester on 08-23-17
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The Adventures of Buster Bear
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-06-15
- Language: English
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Lightfoot the Deer
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Lightfoot the Deer is a story about animals in the Green Forest that are hunted in the fall. The story is mostly about Lightfoot, a male deer hunted by one hunter and describes how he tries to escape being shot. The story tells Lightfoot's encounter with another buck and a battle for territory and the lovely, Miss Daintyfoot. As with most Thornton Burgess books, young listeners learn valuable lessons about nature, wildlife, and positive morals.
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Lightfoot the Deer
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-30-16
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Jimmy Skunk is slow and avoided by his neighbors because of the perfume that Mother Nature has given him for protection. But his perfume doesn't keep Peter Rabbit from playing a trick on both Jimmy and Reddy Fox. When Jimmy thinks Reddy has pulled the joke, Reddy gets a dose of Jimmy's perfume as punishment. Most folks think Reddy Fox deserves what he gets because he is always trying to catch and eat Jimmy's friends.
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The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
- Narrated by: Tom S. Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-20-16
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Old Man Coyote
- By: Thornton W. Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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In The Adventures of Old Man Coyote, Peter Rabbit hears a new sound that frightens him and the other animals of the Green Forest. The sound is that of a new predator in the Green Forest, Old Man Coyote. Granny and Reddy Fox don’t want competition in the Green Forest and try to trick him into leaving the forest. But Old Man Coyote proves himself to be very clever and fair.
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The Adventures of Old Man Coyote
- Narrated by: Tom Weiss
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-29-13
- Language: English
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