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The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk - (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Thornton W Burgess (Paperback)

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk - (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by  Thornton W Burgess (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jimmy Skunk gets even, Reddy Fox learns a lesson about preparedness, and Peter Rabbit gets his comeuppance. An engaging tale with gentle lessons about courtesy, kindness, and preparedness.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>When Jimmy Skunk curls up to take a nap in an old barrel, the imp of mischief gets the better of Peter Rabbit. Tons of trouble plague the long-eared prankster after he decides it'd be great fun to see the barrel -- with Jimmy inside -- roll down from its resting point high on a hill.<br>Reddy Fox gets the blame for Jimmy's wild ride (as well as a dose of the skunk's perfume); Peter gets his comeuppance for playing nasty tricks; and before the day is out, Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Possum go egg-hunting and wind up in a pretty pickle in Farmer Brown's henhouse.<br>Children will delight in these warm, whimsical adventures that combine all the interest and excitement of a good story with gentle lessons about nature, wildlife and such virtues as courtesy, kindness, and preparedness.<br>Newly reset in large, easy-to-read type, the text is enhanced by six black-and-white illustrations by Thea Kliros, based on Harrison Cady's originals.<p></p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Author and conservationist Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) wrote thousands of animal stories for children, starting with the 1910 publication of <i>Old Mother West Wind.</i> Burgess's tales convey his fascination with wildlife and his concern for nature, teaching gentle lessons about ecology and respect for the environment.<br>

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