Burgess Animal Book for Children
Thornton W. Burgess
41 chapters · 8 h 10 min · English
Read by Laurie Anne Walden, Sean McGaughey, Kevin McAsh, Esther, Betsie Bush, Jennette Selig and others
Science
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Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals of North America in the form of an entertaining story, including plenty of detail but omitting long scientific names. There is an emphasis on conservation. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)
Chapters
1 Preface 4 min 2 JENNY WREN GIVES PETER RABBIT AN IDEA -- Peter arranges to go to school to Old Mother Nature 13 min 3 PETER AND JUMPER GO TO SCHOOL -- The Cottontail Rabbit, Northern Hare, and Marsh Rabbit 11 min 4 MORE OF PETER'S LONG-LEGGED COUSINS -- The Swamp Hare, Arctic Hare, Prairie Hare, Antelope Jack and Common Jack Rabbit 11 min 5 CHATTERER AND HAPPY JACK JOIN -- The Squirrel family and order of Rodents 11 min 6 THE SQUIRRELS OF THE TREES -- The Red, Gray, Fox, Kaibab and Abert Squirrels 13 min 7 STRIPED CHIPMUNK AND HIS COUSINS -- The Chipmunk, Spermophiles, and Flying Squirrel 14 min 8 JOHNNY CHUCK JOINS THE CLASS -- The Woodchuck and his ways 11 min 9 WHISTLER AND YAP YAP -- The Whistling or Hoary Marmot and Prairie Dogs 10 min 10 TWO QUEER LITTLE HAYMAKERS -- The Pica or Cony and the Mountain Beaver or Sewellel 12 min 11 PRICKLY PORKY AND GRUBBY GOPHER -- Introducing the Porcupine and Pocket Gopher 10 min 12 A FELLOW WITH A THOUSAND SPEARS -- More about the Porcupine 11 min 13 A LUMBERMAN AND ENGINEER -- The Beaver and his works 16 min 14 A WORKER AND A ROBBER -- The Muskrat and the Brown or Norway Rat 9 min 15 A TRADER AND A HANDSOME FELLOW -- The Cotton Rat, Wood or Pack Rat and the Kangaroo Rat 12 min 16 TWO UNLIKE LITTLE COUSINS -- Whitefoot the Wood or Deer Mouse and Danny Meadow Mouse, also called Field Mouse 16 min 17 DANNY'S NORTHERN COUSINS, AND NIMBLEHEELS -- The Banded and Brown Lemmings and the Jumping Mouse 12 min 18 THREE LITTLE REDCOATS AND SOME OTHERS -- The Pine Mouse, Red-backed Mouse, Rufous Tree Mouse, Rock Mouse and Beach Mouse 11 min 19 MICE WITH POCKETS, AND OTHERS -- The Silky and Spiny Pocket Mice, Grasshopper Mouse, Harvest Mouse and House Mouse 15 min 20 TEENY WEENY AND HIS COUSIN -- The Common or Long-Tailed Shrew or Shrew Mouse, Short-tailed Shrew or Mole Shrew and Marsh or Water Shrew 12 min 21 FOUR BUSY LITTLE MINERS -- The Common Mole, Brewer's or Hairy-tailed Mole, Oregon Mole and Star-nosed Mole 17 min 22 FLITTER THE BAT AND HIS FAMILY -- The Red Bat, Little Brown or Cave Bat, Big Brown or House Bat, Silvery Bat, Hoary Bat and Big-eared Bat 12 min 23 AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY -- The Common Skunk, Hog-nosed or Badger Skunk and Little Spotted Skunk 18 min 24 DIGGER AND HIS COUSIN GLUTTON -- The Badger and Wolverine or Carcajou 11 min 25 SHADOW AND HIS FAMILY -- The Common or Bonaparte Weasel or Ermine, New York Weasel, Long-tailed or Yellow-bellied Weasel, Least Weasel and Black-footed Ferret 13 min 26 TWO FAMOUS SWIMMERS -- Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter 13 min 27 SPITE THE MARTEN AND PEKAN THE FISHER -- The Pine Marten or American Sable and the Fisher or Pennant Marten 6 min 28 REDDY FOX JOINS THE SCHOOL -- The Red, Black and Silver Foxes, Gray Fox, Kit Fox or Swift, Desert Fox, Arctic and Blue Foxes 16 min 29 OLD MAN COYOTE AND HOWLER THE WOLF -- The Prairie Wolf or Coyote and the Timber or Gray Wolf 8 min 30 YOWLER AND HIS COUSIN TUFTY -- The Bay Lynx or Bob Cat and the Canada Lynx or Lucivee 10 min 31 SOME BIG AND LITTLE CAT COUSINS -- Puma the Panther, also called Cougar and Mountain Lion, the Jaguar, the Ocelot, and the Jaguarundi Cat or Eyra 7 min 32 BOBBY COON ARRIVES -- The Raccoon and the Civet or Ring-tailed Cat, also called Coon Cat and Bassaris 15 min 33 BUSTER BEAR NEARLY BREAKS UP SCHOOL -- The Black Bear and his habits 15 min 34 BUSTER BEAR'S BIG COUSINS -- Silvertip, the Grizzly Bear, the Alaska or Great Brown Bear and the Polar Bear 10 min 35 UNC' BILLY AND OLD MRS. POSSUM -- The Virginia Opossum, which is the only American Marsupial 14 min 36 LIGHTFOOT, BLACKTAIL AND FORKHORN -- The White-tailed or Virginia Deer, Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer 15 min 37 BUGLER, FLATHORNS AND WANDERHOOF -- The Elk or Wapiti, Moose or Caribou 11 min 38 THUNDERFOOT, FLEETFOOT AND LONGCOAT -- The Buffalo or Bison, Antelope or Musk-ox 11 min 39 TWO WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS -- The Rocky Mountain Sheep or Bighorn and the Rocky Mountain Goat 9 min 40 PIGGY AND HARDSHELL -- The Peccary or Wild Pig and the Armadillo 14 min 41 THE MAMMALS OF THE SEA -- The Sea Otter, Walrus, Sea Lions, Seals and Manatee or Sea Cow 12 min
