The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2), 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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LibriVox recording of The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2) by Thornton W. Burgess. Read in English by Jude Somers From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North America. Old Mother Nature holds daily lessons for Peter Rabbit and all the other little folk of the Green Forest. Where do these animals live? What do they eat? What do they look like? So many questions with lots and lots of answers. (Summary by Jude Somers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)
• Author credits: Thornton W. Burgess
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 9:44:33

Catalogue topics

• children
• animals
• nature
• conservation

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 00 - Preface — 4:39
2. 01 - Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea — 13:09
3. 02 - Peter and Jumper go to School — 14:29
4. 03 - More of Peter’s Long-Legged Cousins — 14:35
5. 04 - Chatterer and Happy Jack Join — 13:11
6. 05 - The Squirrels of the Trees — 15:06
7. 06 - Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins — 15:20
8. 07 - Johnny Chuck Joins the Class — 13:28
9. 08 - Whistler and Yap Yap — 13:41
10. 09 - Two Queer Little Haymakers — 14:56
11. 10 - Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher — 13:30
12. 11 - A Fellow With a Thousand Spears — 14:38
13. 12 - A Lumberman and Engineer — 20:58
14. 13 - A Worker and a Robber — 12:31
15. 14 - A Trader and a Handsome Fellow — 14:39
16. 15 - Two Unlike Little Cousins — 18:33
17. 16 - Danny’s Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels — 14:19
18. 17 - Three Little Redcoats and Some Others — 12:47
19. 18 - Mice with Pockets, and Others — 13:45
20. 19 - Teeny Weeny and His Cousin — 12:07
21. 20 - Four Busy Little Miners — 16:42
22. 21 - Flitter the Bat and His Family — 16:31
23. 22 - An Independent Family — 16:36
24. 23 - Digger and His Cousin Glutton — 13:13

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