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Following the success of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children," Thornton W. Burgess' fans clamored for more, thus prompting the author to produce "The Burgess Animal Book for Children," a work similar to its predecessor. In this work the author instead turns his attention to the four-legged animals that populate the natural landscape of North America. Whimsically told through a conversation between Old Mother Nature and Peter Rabbit, characters that...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of charming children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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The Green Forest welcomes a pair of new characters when Old Mr. Buzzard and his wife arrive from the sunny South. Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Sammy Jay, and other locals learn valuable lessons from their new neighbors in these stories by famed conservationist Thornton W. Burgess, whose homespun tales provide wholesome entertainment for young readers.
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Listen to the story! Read the story! Sing the Story! "It's Night-Night Time," includes the Read-along version of the story followed by the same story sung in an adorable song. Snuggle close to your little one and enjoy this rhyming story about mommy animals gently tucking their babies into bed. "It's night-night time," said Mama Horse as her little foal softly neighed. "Snuggle close, and bow your head. Our nighttime prayers, we'll say." Mama Cat,...
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Snuggle close to your little one and enjoy this rhyming story about mommy animals gently tucking their babies into bed. 'It's night-night time,' said Mama Horse as her little foal softly neighed. 'Snuggle close, and bow your head. Our nighttime prayers, we'll say.' Mama Cat, Raccoon, Cow, Mouse, Horse, and Bird, each say 'good night' to their babies in a different, caring way. Young readers will be captivated by the comforting story and reassuring...
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This deluxe hardcover edition presents three of the beloved storyteller's most popular books. Burgess' timeless tales of woodland whimsy recount the exploits of Peter Cottontail, Reddy Fox, and Grandfather Frog. Featuring the original art by Harrison Cady, the stories offer young readers examples of friendship, honesty, forgiveness, and other virtues.
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Hugo's cousin Maud came to spend the weekend at the farm.
"I would like to go to the pond down there, to see the ducks!" She said.
"I would advise you against it!" Replied Hugo, looking up to the sky. "It's going to rain!"
But Maud went...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Lola, Lilou and Jack's little sister, was home after a field trip to the village farm.
She and her friends had spent a pleasant day and discovered many wonders.
Lola was keen to tell her parents about the trip: "We saw geese, sheep, goats...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Jack, Lilou and Lola were on holiday at the seaside. They were building an enormous sandcastle. They were so busy with their task that they didn't notice that the tide was coming in. When they realised, they were completely surrounded by water.
"Help!"...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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A hedgehog had stayed curled up for so long during the winter that he couldn't manage to uncurl himself when spring came! Something was blocked! So, he rolled along like a ball trying to find a way to unblock his spines, but it was impossible!...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Poc the witch decided to bake a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But she didn't want to spend too much time making it.
So she looked for a magic spell in her book of magic spells: «Abracadabra, already very large, you will be!
But Poc was mistaken;...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Lilou and Lola were sitting beneath Barnaby, the old scarecrow. Lilou had brought a book and she was reading a story to her little sister. A story about a princess and a charming prince, of course...
But Lola wasn't the only one interested:...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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For her nephew Phil's party, Poc the witch gave him a magic book. When Phil started to read it, the book began to shake in his hands. Then Phil saw the pages of the magic book flutter in the breeze. With a flash, Phil was sucked into the pages...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Hugo's cousin Maud came to spend the weekend at the farm.
"I would like to go to the pond down there, to see the ducks!" She said.
"I would advise you against it!" Replied Hugo, looking up to the sky. "It's going to rain!"
But Maud went...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories !
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Little Pirate had just boarded the ship with Captain Kruel, who promised him his first treasure.
Little Pirate was impatient! On the bridge, Kruel gave him a scrubbing brush and said: "The treasure is to be found underneath the grime on...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Prince Roderick, who was in love with Princess Harmony decided to write her a love letter.
Beautiful writing paper, his best fountain pen and a pretty stamp. At last the letter was finished. But the prince didn't know where the princess lived....
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Nestor the beaver has a toothache. That's quite troublesome for an animal that uses his teeth to gnaw shrubs and branches and tangle them together to build his shelter across the stream.
"Let me take a look!" said Long-beak, the kingfisher....
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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"Tomorrow morning, it will snow in the middle of the country." said the weather reporter.
The next day, Julie jumped out of bed eager to make a snowman. But there was no sign of snow. One of the snowflakes had been busy playing with the clouds...
39) Tangled
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Read along with Disney! The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
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Bedtime Stories from the Land of Imagination is a set of six delightful fantasy stories written to spark the imagination of children from ages three to eight years old. The stories were written by Christian author Linda Hoard and inspired by her own precious grandchildren as they traveled the US in their luxury RV with their parents as storm chasers, that is, with the parents having occupations as insurance adjusters following major US hurricanes,...
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