The Adventures of Reddy Fox (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

Brief Description:
Despite his grandmother's efforts to teach him to behave, Reddy Fox always seems to get into trouble.

Marc Notes:
Published in association with the Thornton W. Burgess Museum and the Green Briar Nature Center, Sandwich, Massachusetts.;Reprint. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1913.;Despite his grandmother's efforts to teach him to behave, Reddy Fox always seems to get into trouble.

Biographical Note:
Author and conservationist Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) wrote thousands of animal stories for children, starting with the 1910 publication of Old Mother West Wind. Burgess's tales convey his fascination with wildlife and his concern for nature, teaching gentle lessons about ecology and respect for the environment.


Publisher Marketing:
When little Reddy Fox gets too big for his breeches and steals a plump pet hen in broad daylight, the stage is set for an exciting tale as Farmer Brown's boy pursues Reddy with loaded gun and Bowser the Hound.

As this timeless fable unfolds, children will delight in Reddy's risky antics and the commotion his behavior causes among Johnny Chuck, Drummer the Woodpecker, Peter Rabbit and the other inhabitants of the Green Forest.