Burgess: 511 books

This is the fourth and last volume in Burgess' "Boy Scout Books," preceded by "The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp," "The Boy Scouts on Swift River," and "The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail." In this story, Burgess inserts the Scouts into the life of the trapper, who...

This children's book is about when things first happened to animals around us: when Mr. Bluebird won his beautiful coat, for instance; and when Mr. Moose first lost his horns. The 16 short tales are just perfect for bedtime or for children learning to read. This edition of the book contains...

These tales of the little creatures of the Wide Green Meadows have given endless delight to generations of children. In this collection Peter Rabbit hears the story of how old Mr. Squirrel became thrifty; how it happens Johnny Chuck sleeps all winter; how Drummer the Woodpecker came by his...

Why are Peter Rabbit's ears so long? And why does Reddy Fox have no friends? Learn the answers to these and other mysteries about the beloved animals of the Green Meadow in this time-honored collection of fifteen tales. This classic title, companion to the perennial favorite Old Mother West Wind,...

This is one of Burgesses' "Green Forest" books. Whitefoot the Wood Mouse has found a perfect den for winter, he thinks, in the corner of Farmer Brown's sugar house. But, is it perfect, or is it a trap? Whitefoot is also lonely. He has been alone all his life, and he would really like to...

This is one of Thornton Burgesses' "Boy Scout Books." This first one features Walter, a scout who has never been to camp. He and his fellow scouts experience lots of adventures and come to meet and appreciate people who have different background than their own. The book has 15 images....

This is one of Thornton W. Burgesses' immensely popular "Bedtime Story-Books." Here, Chatterer the Red Squirrel has talked for too long and too loudly, and now he is being chased By Shadow the Weasel. Chatterer is truly running for his life. But, instead of being caught by Shadow, he walks...

Reverend Lelia Burgess is an Associate Minister of the Galilee Baptist Church located in Suitland, MD, and Washington, DC, one church with two locations where the Reverend Dr. Lloyd T. McGriff is the senior pastor. Accepting her call to ministry, she preached her first public message in June 1992,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Included biography, quotes, review… Made available by 3N CLASSIC BOOKCASE.*** This ebook includes: - The Adventures of Buster Bear - Original and complete content with classic illustration pictures - Thornton W. Burgess Biography - Thornton W. Burgess quotes Synopsis: Known...

‘I’m working on a novel intended to express the feel of England in Edward III’s time ... The fourteenth century of my novel will be mainly evoked in terms of smell and visceral feelings, and it will carry an undertone of general disgust rather than hey-nonny nostalgia’ – Anthony Burgess,...

"A touching -- if decidedly and deliberately offbeat -- family memoir...Expect to encounter laughs and tugs on the heartstrings in pretty much equal amounts." -- Booklist "Burgess has written not only the funniest book published this year, but one of the most moving memoirs Canada's...

"The title of journalist is probably very noble, but I lay no real claim to it. I am, I think, a novelist and a musical composer manqué: I make no other pretensions …" (Anthony Burgess) Despite his modest claims, Anthony Burgess was an enormously prolific journalist. During his...

What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose—sorry, Tariq—is returning from a stretch...

A beloved storyteller takes young readers—and listeners—to the Green Forest to recount the adventures of Peter Cottontail, Mrs. Quack, Jimmy Skunk, Danny Meadow Mouse, and other woodland friends. Author and conservationist Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) wrote thousands of stories reflecting his fascination...