The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum The BedTime Storybooks Thornton W Burgess 9781520305967 Books
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ld Billy Possum is dead! So says Reddy Fox, anyway, who walks along singing, "Ol' Bill Possum, it served him right, and he is no more, for he died last night!" Then Reddy Fox sees a ghost -- and the rest of the animals see the truth . . . at least until the next tomfoolery takes place on the very day of Peter Rabbit's party! Unc' Billy Possum learns how easy it is to get into trouble -- and how hard it is to get out, once in -- in this classic animal tale by Thornton Burgess.
The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum The BedTime Storybooks Thornton W Burgess 9781520305967 Books
This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. However, the prospective buyer should be informed that the illustrations in this Dover edition are NOT by the original illustrator, Harrison Cady. Instead, they are very crude redrawings by another artist, Pat Stewart. They convey very little of the charm of Harrison Cady's work.Some of the Dover reprints of Thornton Burgess books have original Harrison Cady drawings, but many are crude redrawings by other artists. The ones by Theo Kliros are not too bad, but the ones by Pat Stewart are disappointing.
To get real Harrison Cady illustrations, you'll have to buy a used book. There were two sets of original Harrison Cady illustrations for this title:
-- Published by Little, Brown, with 6 full-page grayscale illustrations.
-- Published by Grosset & Dunlap, with 14 full-page line drawings, including line-drawing versions of all 6 original grayscale illustrations in the Little, Brown editions, plus many smaller line drawings.
The redrawings in this Dover edition are of the 6 Little, Brown illustrations.
I recommend the Grosset & Dunlap editions. Cady did them decades later, after he had grown as an artist. Even though the Grosset & Dunlap line drawings are simpler than the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations, they are more charming. On the other hand, the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations better show Cady's remarkable vision for Burgess' creatures, so if you can get both, that's ideal. But either one is better than the junk drawings in this Dover edition.
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The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum The BedTime Storybooks Thornton W Burgess 9781520305967 Books Reviews
A great story for little ones or adults. A definite book for any child teaching about nature and life with all the fantasy normally in Thornton W. Burgess books.
I started reading the Thornton Burgess to my kids, and my daughter loved them so much that she has taken off and read every single one that she can get her hands on! These books are great for kids and adults alike, and I am so glad that my kids have gotten the chance to fall in love with them early in life!
I grew up on these and LOVED them! Never tired of hearing them over and over again. If you read to your children or grandchildren, you'll want them all.
All of the Thorton Burgess books are excellent read alouds for children.
The format was well done and I didn't notice any grammar errors.
classic tales
Great five minute stories that I remember reading as a kid and now I can start reading them to my daughter. Simple and easy to understand, many of the stories teach lessons about morals, instead of mindless blather. I am enjoying reading through the series again.
In these nature tales with moral values, the animals speak to each other and have human-like traits, such as greed, selfishness, and bad tempers, that get them into all sorts of trouble. Children learn a little bit about animals and birds of the forest through their inter-relationships with Unc' Billy Possum. Each chapter is just the right length for a bedtime story. There is gentle suspense, but no death or violence, as you wonder how Unc' Billy Possum will escape from trouble this time! Very few typos. No illustrations encourage children to close their eyes and use their own imaginations.
This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. However, the prospective buyer should be informed that the illustrations in this Dover edition are NOT by the original illustrator, Harrison Cady. Instead, they are very crude redrawings by another artist, Pat Stewart. They convey very little of the charm of Harrison Cady's work.
Some of the Dover reprints of Thornton Burgess books have original Harrison Cady drawings, but many are crude redrawings by other artists. The ones by Theo Kliros are not too bad, but the ones by Pat Stewart are disappointing.
To get real Harrison Cady illustrations, you'll have to buy a used book. There were two sets of original Harrison Cady illustrations for this title
-- Published by Little, Brown, with 6 full-page grayscale illustrations.
-- Published by Grosset & Dunlap, with 14 full-page line drawings, including line-drawing versions of all 6 original grayscale illustrations in the Little, Brown editions, plus many smaller line drawings.
The redrawings in this Dover edition are of the 6 Little, Brown illustrations.
I recommend the Grosset & Dunlap editions. Cady did them decades later, after he had grown as an artist. Even though the Grosset & Dunlap line drawings are simpler than the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations, they are more charming. On the other hand, the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations better show Cady's remarkable vision for Burgess' creatures, so if you can get both, that's ideal. But either one is better than the junk drawings in this Dover edition.
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