Thornton W. Burgess

Thea Kliros

Harrison Cady

Danny Meadow Mouse, a timid but quick vole, plays hide-and-seek with his foe Reddy Fox and has other adventures with the animals of the Green Meadows.

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse

Thornton Waldo Burgess

Despite his grandmother's efforts to teach him to behave, Reddy Fox always seems to get into trouble.

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

Granny teaches Reddy Fox many lessons about humility, selflessness, patience, and other virtues in stories about the animals that live in the Green Meadow and Green Forest.

Old Granny Fox

Separated from her husband and driven from her home by hunters, Mrs. Quack finds refuge with the animals of the Green Forest.

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

A selection of seventeen previously-published animal stories, with color versions of the original illustrations.

From Old Mother West Wind's Library

Thornton Burgess Five-Minute Bedtime Tales

Pat Ronson Stewart

Peter Rabbit and the other woodland animals discover that they have misjudged Old Mr. Toad, who also learns some important lessons.

The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad

Unhappy with his name and his house, Peter Rabbit learns to appreciate himself and his world with the help of his friends.

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail

Chronicles the adventures of Grandfather Frog and his animal friends.

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

In his adventures in the Green Forest, Happy Jack Squirrel learns to share his hickory nuts with Chatterer the Red Squirrel and Striped Chipmunk and hide with Farmer Brown's boy to escape from Shadow the Weasel.

The Adventures of Happy Jack

Chronicles the adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel and his animal friends.

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

Caleb Cottontail; His Adventures in Search of the Cotton Plant

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.

The Adventures of Buster Bear

A strange-looking animal with very long, sharp teeth comes from the North and makes new friends among the forest folk and meadow people.

The Adventures of Prickly Porky

Old Mr. Buzzard flies from the sunny South to the Green Forest where he will stay until winter, and he imparts widsom to Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, and the other forest animals.

The Adventures of Old Mr. Buzzard

An unabridged republication of the 1921 classic in which Lightfoot encounters animal friends Peter Rabbit, Sammy Jay, Paddy the Beaver and others.

Lightfoot the Deer

The residents of Green Forest are puzzled by strange sounds, such as Sticky-toes the Tree Toad hearing his own voice coming from another tree, or Sammy Jay keeping everyone awake by calling "Thief, thief!" when he, himself, was asleep.

The Adventures of Mr. Mocker

Three long-lost tales by the belovedstoryteller return to charm youngreaders and their parents — theserare stories have not been reprintedin other Thornton Burgess editions inmore than 80 years! Charming silhouettesand vibrant full-color illustrationsby Harrison Cady accompany tales ofGrandfather Frog, Baby Possum, andJimmy Skunk.Reprint of the Whitman PublishingCompany, Racine, Wisconsin, editions.

Thornton Burgess Smiling Pool Stories

Relates the adventures of Sammy Jay, a lazy bird who would rather steal from his neighbors than find his own food.

The Adventures of Sammy Jay

When Unc' Billy Possum learns how easy it is to get into trouble, it takes some doin' to get himself out of his predicament. Master storyteller Thornton Burgess beguiles young readers and nature lovers with another tale about the delightful creatures of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. 6 illustrations.

The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum

Bobby Raccoon discovers that life can have many surprises when he loses his home, makes new friends, and finds a new home.

Harrison Cady

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