Children will reading, and hearing, about the adventures of Buster Bear in the Green Forest and Green Pasture. Learn what happens when Buster Bear takes Little Joe Otter s breakfast and how Little Joe gets even, and then accidentally gives Buster the best breakfast he s every had! Then the Little People of the forest are thrilled to hear that Farmer Brown s boy is scared of Buster Bear, but Blacky the Crow is suspicious and comes up with a plan to see if that is really true, and everyone is surprised at the result. And then Buster Bear gets into Farmer Brown s boy s berry bucket and everything goes wrong! * * * * Young readers travel to the timeless world of the Green Forest and Smiling Pool. Gentle lessons about nature, the environment, and the lesser folk of fur and feathers for today s young readers and listeners. * * * * Originally published in 1916, The Adventures of Buster Bear is part of the rich heritage of children s nature books left to us by Thornton W. Burgess in his long running and much beloved series of children s nature books about the Green Meadow and the Green Forest.. * * * * This book is the eleventh in Thornton Burgess s Bed-Time Storybook series. Any imaginative child will be captivated by this book. The chapters are short, with simple language that children will identify with, and is printed in easy-to-read 14-point type. Read aloud to pre-readers, or read by children themselves, this book will surely be a family favorite in time. This edition includes the original four Harrison Cady illustrations. The Adventures of Buster Bear is in Flying Chipmunk Publishing s Burgess Bed-Time Storybooks, Volume 3 (ISBN 978-1-60459-977-0), along with The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, The Adventures of Sammy Jay, and The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad. * * * * Check out the other Thornton Burgess books published by Flying Chipmunk Publishing at www. FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com. (And download the FREE 20 page Mother West Wind/Peter Rabbit Coloring Book available there!)