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Thornton W. Burgess

Born

in Sandwich, Mass., The United States

January 15, 1874

Died

June 05, 1965

Website

http://www.thorntonburgess.org/

Genre

Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature

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Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess (1874-1965), American author, naturalist and conservationist, wrote popular children's stories including the Old Mother West Wind (1910) series. He would go on to write more than 100 books and thousands of short-stories during his lifetime.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 12,479 ratings · 855 reviews · 189 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 1,391 ratings — published 1919 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Mother West Wind 4.15 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — published 1914 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Peter Cottontail 4.03 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 1914 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Reddy Fox 4.11 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 1913	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 1922 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel 4.07 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 1915 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse 4.11 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1915 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Buster Bear by Thornton W. Burgess, Bob Blaisdell 4.10 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1916 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad 4.05 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1916 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess, Thea Kliros (Illustrator) , Harrison Cady (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1918 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Thornton W. Burgess

The Bedtime Story Books (20 books)
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Smiling Pool (4 books)
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Quotes by Thornton W. Burgess

“What's in a name? Sometimes a lot of real work.”
― Thornton W. Burgess

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“That's the trouble with thoughtlessness; it never remembers other people.”
― Thornton W. Burgess

tags: thoughtlessness

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“You don't know what you are talking about, and no one sounds so silly as one who tries to talk about something he knows nothing about.”
― Thornton W. Burgess, The Burgess Bird Book for Children: Illustrated

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