The Burgess Animal Book for Children: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Burgess Animal Book for Children, 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

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Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals of North America in the form of an entertaining story, including plenty of detail but omitting long scientific names. There is an emphasis on conservation. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Readers include: Laurie Anne Walden Sean McGaughey Kevin McAsh Esther Betsie Bush Jennette Selig Sandra J. M. Smallheer John Lieder Dot Lieder Janet Friday Lucy Burgoyne Lee Ann Howlett Jamie Wilking Jenilee Tammy Sanders Claire Goget eva

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Burgess Animal Book for Children
• Author credits: Thornton W. Burgess
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 8:10:23

Catalogue topics

• science
• animals
• children

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. Chapter 00 - Preface — 3:42
2. Chapter 01 - Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit An Idea — 12:41
3. Chapter 02 - Peter and Jumper Go To School — 11:13
4. Chapter 03 - More of Peter's Long-legged Cousins — 10:55
5. Chapter 04 - Chatterer and Happy Jack Join — 11:18
6. Chapter 05 - The Squirrels of the Trees — 12:34
7. Chapter 06 - Striped Chipmunk and His Cousins — 13:53
8. Chapter 07 - Johnny Chuck Joins the Class — 11:02
9. Chapter 08 - Whistler and Yap Yap — 10:29
10. Chapter 09 - Two Queer Little Haymakers — 12:05
11. Chapter 10 - Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher — 10:06
12. Chapter 11 - A Fellow With a Thousand Spears — 10:35
13. Chapter 12 - A Lumberman and Engineer — 16:20
14. Chapter 13 - A Worker and a Robber — 9:27
15. Chapter 14 - A Trader and a Handsome Fellow — 11:46
16. Chapter 15 - Two Unlike Little Cousins — 15:45
17. Chapter 16 - Danny's Northern Cousins, and Nimbleheels — 11:59
18. Chapter 17 - Three Little Redcoats, And Some Others — 11:16
19. Chapter 18 - Mice with Pockets, and Others — 14:32
20. Chapter 19 - Teeny Weeny and His Cousin — 11:56
21. Chapter 20 - Four Busy Little Miners — 16:38
22. Chapter 21 - Flitter the Bat and His Family — 11:46
23. Chapter 22 - An Independent Family — 18:15
24. Chapter 23 - Digger and His Cousin Glutton — 11:01

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