3 stars
Once again very formulaic, I didn't care for the going to school gimmick and I find the inclusion of mother nature questionable.

Amazing book for learning about nature!
Our family is addicted to Thornton Burgess’s books.

Summer 2020 My children and I actually began reading this last July for Ambleside Year 2. This was one of our favorite texts and we enjoyed following up with each story by watching a YouTube channel that another mom put together of each of the animals mentioned. We got behind towards the end of the year and started listening to this on audio. We were able to purchase inexpensively through Amazon when we bought the kindle and added audio narration. We really enjoyed the audio narration and regret the narrator does not also read Burgess Seashore and Burgess Flowers.

Summer 2022 read this for the second time with Lilia for her year 2. It was such a delight to share this with her and we are so thankful for a thorough but gentle education for all of our children.

A fun and engaging study of mammals for homeschool. The character of Mother Nature as the teacher is oddly ambiguous (is she a human? a fairy? no description), but the animal facts are clear and well arranged within a playful storyline.

4.5 stars. Seems like Burgess books have to grow on me. At first I am always a little put off by the whole "lessons-through-talking-animals" thing. But by the end I really enjoyed this one and my kids (ages 10 and 8) loved it.

This was our science reading book for terms 1 & 2 for Year 2 - Ambleside Online. We LOVED this book! We still refer to this book when we see animals in the wild such as a rabbit, mole, etc. A wonderful nature book!

One of my favorite books! Love anything by Burgess

We read this for school and my only regret is that we got it on the kindle instead of a physical copy. No illustrations in our version! Regardless of that, the kids LOVED it and begged for more every day. We learned a ton about mammals and it often spurred further study.

Read again, this time with Lucy, AO year 2. This edition from Living Books Press was so much better because of the pictures!!

I'm so glad the final chapter was narrated by Kevin McAsh! I really love his voice <3

Always charming. A favorite in this house.

I read this book with my seven year old son who is an avid animal lover. In my taste it gave a lot more details about animals then I typically am interested in. However, my son loved it and paid careful attention to each chapter. He insisted it was a five star book.