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The Burgess Bird Book for Children, by renowned naturalist and author of children's books on wildlife Thornton W. Burgess, successfully blends information and entertainment. Peter Rabbit, the main character in The Burgess Bird Book for Children, goes around to the various habitats discovering different birds. Peter Rabbit wants especially to know where the nest is, and how many young they have. Jenny Wren, a gossipy Miss Know-it-All, is also a main character. Thornton Burgess characterizes Jenny Wren as a bit snooty, a fact that will help children remember that good identifier to wrens is their upturned tails. Learn all about birds' physical appearance, eating patterns, nesting habits, migration patterns, songs and call in this colorful and fascinating book. The intermingling of story and fact, as presented in this classic, is enough to keep children interested while helping them learn much about the birds. In addition to the tales of Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren, The Burgess Bird Book for Children includes fascinating stories about Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, Creaker the Purple Grackle, Downy the Woodpecker, and other feathered friends. This newly illustrated edition of The Burgess Bird Book for Children includes nearly sixty beautiful four-color pictures of the birds. A few of the pictures are devoted to other characters in the book, such as Peter the Rabbit and Chatterer the Red Squirrel, but the vast majority are good-sized photos of the feathered friends described in The Burgess Bird Book for Children.

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

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