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ⓘ About Thornton W. Burgess
Thornton Waldo Burgess was an outdoors and nature and children’s book author. Burgess prided himself as a conservationist, naturalist, and lover of nature and the animals that make their home in it which is why he wrote about it for more than five decades. By the time of his retirement, he had written more than 15, 000 short stories for newspaper columns and more than 170 books. Thornton was born to Thornton W Burgess senior (who was directly descended from one of the pioneer settlers of Sandwich Thomas Burgess) and Caroline F Haywood. His father died in 1874, the year he was born and he would be brought up by his mother who still lived in Sandwich. With no father in his life, Burgess spent much of his youthful life working eighty hours a day trying to earn a living.
All Book Series by Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail and His Green Forest Friends
Book 8 of 22 · published 1914
The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 1943
The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2004
The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories: Volume Two
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2006
Peter Cottontail Dot-to-Dot
Book 22 of 29 · published 1998 Co-authored · Pat Stewart
Peter Cottontail Mazes
Book 23 of 29 · published 1999 Co-authored · Pat Stewart
The Neatness of Bobby Coon
Book 28 of 29 · published 2016 Co-authored · Harrison Cady,R.F. Gilmor
Mouse Tales for Kids: Eleven Fairy Tales About Mice for Children
Book 2 of 3 · published 2011 Co-authored · Peter I. Kattan,Luis Coloma
Fifty Favorite Burgess Stories
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2011 Co-authored · Harrison Cady
The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Thornton W. Burgess?
Thornton Waldo Burgess was an outdoors and nature and children’s book author. Burgess prided himself as a conservationist, naturalist, and lover of nature and the animals that make their home in it which is why he wrote about it for more than five decades. By the time of his retirement, he had written more than 15, 000 short stories for newspaper columns and more than 170 books.
Which Thornton W. Burgess series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Old Mother West Wind series, the earliest of Thornton W. Burgess's multi-book series: it opens with Mother West Wind's Animal Friends (1912) and runs to 8 books across 1912–2013, ending with Mother West Wind's Children (2013). Thornton W. Burgess's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Thornton W. Burgess written?
Thornton W. Burgess has 72 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1906 and 2016. 40 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being The Bedtime Story series with 22 books — and 32 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Thornton W. Burgess's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Thornton W. Burgess's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Old Mother West Wind (1912–2013, 8 books), The Bedtime Story (1913–1943, 22 books) and Boy Scouts (1914–2012, 4 books), plus 2 more.
How are Thornton W. Burgess's books organised into series?
This guide splits Thornton W. Burgess's 72 books into 5 named series and 32 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Bedtime Story (22 books, 1913–1943); Old Mother West Wind (8 books, 1912–2013); Smiling Pool (4 books, 1916–1992); Boy Scouts (4 books, 1914–2012); The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories (2 books, 2004–2006).