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Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)

From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North America. Old Mother Nature holds daily lessons for Peter Rabbit and all the other little folk of the Green Forest. Where do these animals live? What do they eat? What do they look like? So many questions with lots and lots of answers. (Summary by Jude Somers) (9 hr 44 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:39

Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea

13:09

Peter and Jumper go to School

14:29

More of Peter’s Long-Legged Cousins

14:35

Chatterer and Happy Jack Join

13:11

The Squirrels of the Trees

15:06

Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins

15:20

Johnny Chuck Joins the Class

13:28

Whistler and Yap Yap

13:41

Two Queer Little Haymakers

14:56

Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher

13:30

A Fellow With a Thousand Spears

14:38

A Lumberman and Engineer

20:58

A Worker and a Robber

12:31

A Trader and a Handsome Fellow

14:39

Two Unlike Little Cousins

18:33

Danny’s Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels

14:19

Three Little Redcoats and Some Others

12:47

Mice with Pockets, and Others

13:45

Teeny Weeny and His Cousin

12:07

Four Busy Little Miners

16:42

Flitter the Bat and His Family

16:31

An Independent Family

16:36

Digger and His Cousin Glutton

13:13

Shadow and His Family

11:51

Two Famous Swimmers

16:30

Spite the Marten and Pekan the Fisher

9:07

Reddy Fox Joins the School

22:31

Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf

10:53

Yowler and His Cousin Tufty

13:31

Some Big and Little Cat Cousins

9:07

Bobby Coon Arrives

14:42

Buster Bear Nearly Breaks Up School

16:08

Buster Bear’s Big Cousins

12:11

Unc’ Billy and Old Mrs. Possum

13:18

Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn

21:12

Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof

15:51

Thunderfoot, Fleetfoot and Longcoat

14:07

Two Wonderful Mountain Climbers

11:40

Piggy and Hardshell

13:32

The Mammals of the Sea

14:59