burgess animal book illustrations pt 1
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Note: there are no pictures in the text for Chapters 1, 11, 17 or 40.
Chapter 4 Chatterer and Happy Jack Join
No one knows better than he the value of thrift.
Chapter 2 Peter and Jumper Go To School
The familiar Cottontail Rabbit whomeverybody knows and loves.
Chapter 2 Peter and Jumper Go To School
This Hare is shown in his summer and winter coat.
Chapter 3 More of Peters Long
Legged Cousins
Here he is at home with his friends in
the far North.
Chapter 3 More of Peters Long
Legged Cousins
This cousin of Peter Rabbit is a
famous swimmer.
Chapter 4 Chatterer and Happy Jack Join
His long legs and long ears show him to be a
Hare, not a Rabbit.
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Chapter 5 The Squirrels of the Trees
The little rollicking mischief-maker of theGreen Forest.
Chapter 4 Chatterer and Happy Jack Join
His coat varies from red to ra .
Chapter 6
Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins
He has pockets in his cheeks for carrying his food.
Chapter 6
Striped Chipmunk and His Cousins
He is a true Ground Squirrel and not a Gopher.
Chapter 6Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins
He looks much like the Gray Squirrel but is a
true Spermophile.
Chapter 6
Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins
He does not actually fly for he has no wings.
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Chapter 7 Johnny Chuck Joins the Class
The familiar Woodchuck is a true Marmot.
Chapter 8 Whistler and Yap Yap
The largest of the Marmots. He lives high up
on the mountains of the West.
Chapter 8 Whistler and Yap Yap
A social little Marmot who lives on theprairies of the West.
Chapter 9 Two Queer Little Haymakers
Also called Cony and Little Chief Hare.
Chapter 10 Prickly Porky andGrubby Gopher
An independent fellow with athousand little spears in his coat.
Chapter 9 Two Queer Little Haymakers
He is not a Beaver at all but a Sewellel.
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Chapter 12 A Lumberman andEngineer
This shows his wonderful dam and his
Chapter 13 A Worker and a Robber
He is the largest of American Rats.
Note how his tail is flattened.
Chapter 14 A Trader and a Handsome Fellow
This is the Eastern form of this interesting
branch of the Rat famil .
Chapter 14 A Trader and a Handsome Fellow
He is not a true Rat but is related to the
Pocket Mice.
Chapter 15 Two Unlike Little Cousins
One of the prettiest members of the Mouse family.
Chapter 10 Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher
The true Gopher and a great pest to farmers.