Yet another Burgess for the win!

Great series by Burgess

I really enjoyed these fun short stories and would definitely recommend this book for kids!

my 7 yr old gave this a 5. I agree. I liked the way morals were told in an entertaining way. I bet my daughter didn't feel she was being moralized at because she wanted to hear the whole book. I've tried others that had a distinct 'moral' or 'value' and she hates it.(Books that go ... is thankful or ... learns to be honest. blah.

Burgess books are interesting entertaining and a good read. Hopefully the little lessons learned by the animals were also learned and put away in the back of my daughter's mind!

But if not, that's ok. A book is meant to entertain and if it did that, that works for me.

The books themselves:

Adventures of Jimmy Skunk: Jimmy is the butt of a bad joke gone wrong by Peter Rabbit. See how he deals with Peter. Jimmy loves eggs but his disappointment of not finding any at the henhouse ends up with him and Billy Possum in a funny fix. Enjoyable for an adult to read to a child.

I like these books. This one has a bunch of Unc Billy Possum who has a southern accent. This would be a great book if you want to try speaking southern and want help of reading the words.

Great read

Great read with my 4 year old son. My son is now obsessed with skunks. And keeps reminding me that they eat beetles and eggs

This is one of several Thornton W. Burgess books that I remember my dad reading to me and my sister when we were little. Loved them. Later read it on my own.

Cute story about mischievous and stubborn animals and their adventures. Easy and engaging read.

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Read as a kid

A great book to read aloud to kids! I like all the books in this series, but, this is my favourite.

This one focused much more on Peter Rabbit for the first plot, and more on Ol' Billy Possum for the second plot than it did on Jimmy Skunk. I would have liked to learn more about skunks, but maybe there just isn't much to learn: everyone knows they're mainly nocturnal, and they spray a horrible smell when threatened. But the charm of the characters was still there, and the good lessons for children (don't play practical jokes, karma, and don't lose your temper) were present as well.