Old Mother West Wind (Dover Children's Classics) - Hardcover

Offered together for the first time in one volume, this hardcover edition includes Thornton W. Burgess's first published work, Old Mother West Wind, and its 1911 follow-up, Mother West Wind's Children. Filled with gentle lessons, the tales marked the author's arrival as a significant figure in children's literature. This 100th anniversary edition includes George Kerr's original illustrations.

It's been a century since readers first ventured into the Green Forest to encounter Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk, and other winsome characters. This special edition commemorates the 100th anniversary of Thornton W. Burgess's first published work, Old Mother West Wind, and its 1911 follow-up, Mother West Wind's Children. Replete with the original illustrations, these gentle stories offer children enduring lessons about ecology and respect for wildlife.
Dover (2011) unabridged republication of the editions published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1910 and 1911. See every Dover book in print at
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