The Burgess Bird Book for Children
(Black and White Edition)
by Thornton W. Burgess
Description: Through the eyes of Peter Rabbit we become acquainted with a variety of birds as they return to Peter's neighborhood in the spring. In the context of the story about each bird, we hear about its nesting habits, its feeding preferences, and its interactions with other wildlife. We meet Jenny Wren, Scrapper the King-bird, Redwing the Blackbird, and dozens more. An engaging introduction to birds for young children.
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Table of Contents
1. Jenny Wren Arrives
2. The Old Orchard Bully
3. Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows
4. Chippy, Sweetvoice and Dotty
5. Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed
6. An Old Friend in a New Home
7. The Watchman of the Old Orchard
8. Old Clothes and Old Houses
9. Longbill and Teeter
10. Redwing and Yellow Wing
11. Drummers and Carpenters
12. Some Unlike Relatives
13. More of the Blackbird Family
14. Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark
15. A Swallow and One Who Isn't
16. A Robber in the Old Orchard
17. More Robbers
18. Some Homes in the Green Forest
19. A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black
20. A Fisherman Robbed
21. A Fishing Party
22. Some Feathered Diggers
23. Some Big Mouths
24. The Warblers Arrive
25. Three Cousins Quite Unlike
26. Peter Gets a Lame Neck
27. A New Friend and an Old One
28. Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat
29. The Constant Singers
30. Jenny Wren's Cousins
31. Voices of the Dusk
32. Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something
33. A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester
34. Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo
35. A Butcher and a Hummer
36. A Stranger and a Dandy
37. Farewells and Welcomes
38. Honker and Dippy Arrive
39. Peter Discovers Two Old Friends
40. Some Merry Seed-Eaters
41. More Friends Come with the Snow
42. Peter Learns Something about Spooky
43. Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill
44. More Folks in Red
45. Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters
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