Old Mother West Wind: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Old Mother West Wind, credited to Thornton W. Burgess, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton W. Burgess. Read by Laurie Anne Walden. Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He 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. Many of his outdoor observations in nature were used as plots for his stories. In his first book, "Old Mother West Wind," published in 1910, the reader meets many of the characters found in later books and stories. These characters include Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Jerry Muskrat, Spotty the Turtle and of course, Old Mother West Wind and her Merry Little Breezes. Note to parents of very small children: in Chapter 15, little Tommy Trout gets eaten by a pickerel. (Summary by Wikipedia and Laurie Anne Walden.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Old Mother West Wind
• Author credits: Thornton W. Burgess
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 1:38:58

Catalogue topics

• children
• animals

Track guide

1. 1 - Chapters 1-3 — 16:08
2. 2 - Chapters 4-5 — 15:15
3. 3 - Chapters 6-8 — 18:21
4. 4 - Chapters 9-11 — 17:38
5. 5 - Chapters 12-14 — 17:35
6. 6 - Chapters 15-16 — 14:04

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