![]() ![]() The characters in the Old Mother West Wind series include Peter Rabbit (known briefly as Peter Cottontail), Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Little Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Jerry Muskrat, Spotty the Turtle, Old Mother West Wind, and her Merry Little Breezes. In Burgess' first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), the reader meets many of the characters found in later books and stories. Be very, very careful what you wish for in this ninth book in the Spooksville series New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.īurgess used his outdoor observations of nature as plots for his stories. A poignant and inspirational story that tests the power of will and perseverance of a young friendship in tumultuous times. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. ![]() His favorite story was about a Thousand Year Old Tree and a Magical Wishing Stone that was hidden inside. He had two big front teeth and he loved listening to stories. One day, Ella May finds a stone that has a line going all-all-all the way around it. "Thornton Waldo Burgess (Janu– June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. Meet Ollie, the smallest of all woodchucks, in the story Ollie and The Wishing Stone by Toni J. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. These do not effect the flexibilty of the paper. Paper opposite the book plate and most if not all of the full page illustrations show what appear to be a foxing or tanning, apparently a chemical reaction to the paper. Previous owner bookplate on the first blank page. Light soiling to the cover, probably from handling. Decoration on the spine is somewhat faded. Book 1 in the series is The Wishing Stone: Dangerous Dinosaur. Cover edge wear, a bit heavy at the top corners of the spine. Read reviews of all the Wishing Stone books and how to read Wishing Stone in order. ![]() Approximitely 40 full page black and white illustrations. "Published, September, 1915" stated with no statement of later printings. Tommy and the Wishing Stone by Thornton W. ![]()
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