| Title | : | The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel |
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| ISBN | : | 0486273997 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780486273990 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1915 |
In this delightfully told tale, Burgess chronicles the escapades of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, who's known throughout the Green Forest as a mischief maker. Narrowly escaping the clutches of Shadow the Weasel and Redtail the Hawk, the bushy-tailed little fellow decides to leave the forest for a new home, only to learn that curiosity, carelessness, and mistrust can lead to a heap of troubles.
First published in 1915, this engaging story will charm readers of all ages — as well as young listeners.
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel Reviews
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Dit boekje gaat over Chatterer de rode eekhoorn. Het begint al als de wezel teruggekeerd is in het bos, en jacht maakt op Chatterer. Chatterer weet dat de wezel niet zal rusten voor hij hem te pakken gekregen heeft, dus besluit hij te verhuizen, weg uit het Groene Bos. Hij vindt een nieuwe stek dicht bij de boerderij van farmer Brown, maar als hij steeds maïs blijft stelen, wordt hij op een keer gevangen in een val. Farmer Brown's Boy maakt een kooi voor hem, en geeft hem lekker eten, een speeltje en een knus stammetje om een bedje in te maken. Hoewel hij op materieel gebied alles heeft wat hij maar kan wensen, begint Chatterer weg te kwijnen omdat hij de vrijheid mist. Als Farmer Brown's Boy dit merkt, geeft hij hem de vrijheid. Chatterer beseft dat Farmer Brown's boy de kwaadste nog niet is, en graag vriendjes met hem is, en dus, nadat hij zijn vrijheid herkregen heeft, vindt hij toch de moed om nootjes aan te pakken uit Farmer Brown's Boy's hand.
Een van de leukste boekjes uit deze serie die ik al gelezen heb. -
Burgess has a gift for writing instructive stories that help the reader better understand their own motivations and desires. His characters are all flawed in ways that we all are, and so when he writes of their foibles, he helps us understand our own.
These are good stories for young readers, or, in my case, listeners, as I read these out loud to my kids. They love them, and I admire Burgess's cleverness. -
In spite of living in Cape Cod for about 9 years, I'd never read any of the original Thornton W. Burgess books. I believe I read some picturebook versions of Peter Rabbit as a kid, but those were adaptations.
This exceeded expectations. The story begins in the middle of the action, with Chatterer being pursued by Shadow the Weasel, the one enemy that Chatterer can't evade by running into holes in trees and stone walls. After a harrowing escape, Chatterer gets himself into a new fix: Captured and imprisoned by Farmer Brown's boy.
While the narration gets preachy in places, the mostly-off-screen internal conflict that the boy goes through has surprising depth, and I appreciated that the story focused on his kindness and good intentions.
The plot details worked cleverly through the story, and the supporting cast of characters was a nice mix of distinctive personalities. The ending was uplifting and did a nice job of setting up the next story. -
I liked when Chatterer started jumping out of the cage, and he was overjoyed, and I think that's all.
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My kids (5.5 & 4) LOVED listening to this story as I read it aloud. We all enjoyed the simplicity, lessons learned, & beauty of this story and plan on reading more in this series soon!
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Love the Thornton Burgess books. Caleb will listen to these on repeat all day if I let him. (Audio on CanonPlus)
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This was a book that I remembered my sister having when we were younger. I can't quite remember whether I had read it or so but the cover has always kept in my mind.
As I was reading this book there were quite a lot of similarities between Chatterer and the Beatrix Potter characters including a most suspiciously named bunny called Peter. As a result I chose to do a bit more research while finding that Beatrix's rabbit is older than Thornton's who had a similarly named bunny until later stories where he dropped the Cottontail. And to cash in on the collective knowledge of the former and well-cherished Peter, Burgess continued with his own character. Crafty although his Peter is quite a dunce.
Thornton's characters are memorable and they live in a world that seems more maturely darker. As a result although his characters can be lovable, they have a lot more faults than other similar-type story characters a reader may read from other similar books but these faults are also ascribed as traits we may actually see in the actual animals from which they are based.
And unlike Beatrix Potter, Burgess' book seems to be very moralistic. Most of the time he was trying to pass on a lesson it was given as a song or a little poem. At other times the lesson was quietly slid into the book in a bit of a suggestion. Otherwise it is very easy reading for the reader.
I would truly enjoy getting to know some more of his works related to these characters as his other books are suppose to revolve around the other animals that are neighbors of Chatterer who are mentioned in the writing. But at the same time I am still trying to find my omnibus of Beatrix Potter just so I can re-compare the two authors just a bit more closer on my own reading time. -
I really like these books, and love the illustrations.
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Never read a Thornton Burgess book I didn't like.
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3 stars & 3/10 hearts. When I was young, I read this book often, and it’s a somewhat nostalgic read for me—I read it when on a momentous trip and it was actually gifted to me by a friend. It’s just like all Burgess’ books of this series—sometimes funny, with some good thoughts. No mentions of Mother Nature in this one that I can remember!
A Favourite Quote: “Chatterer was just beginning to realize what a lot of trouble an unruly tongue can get one into. Here it was cold weather, the very edge of winter, and Chatterer didn't dare stay in the Green Forest where he had always made his home. His storehouses were full of nuts and seeds and corn, enough and more than enough to keep him in comfort all winter, and now he must turn his back on them and go he didn't know where, and all because of his mean disposition and bad tongue.” -
My son’s grandma (father’s maternal side) wanted me to read this book to him. I think it was one of her favorites as a child, the edition she gave me is from 1930s and barely keeping to the spine. I like giving my son the experience of vintage books. I don’t always agree with the language, like why do books of this time always have to use the word queer to describe anything foreign, strange, new? I just don’t understand, but I usually change the wording a bit while I’m reading if the language doesn’t sit well with me. I don’t know if that’s something right or wrong to do...but that happened a lot in this story.
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A fun little story. Tells of some positive interactions between the forest animals and the ubiquitous Farmer Brown's Boy, who in many of the tales is only an object of terror to the little critters. I thought it was especially helpful to the children to think about how wild animals feel about the different ways we might try to tame or interact with them.
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How have I not read Thorton Burgess before?! One of my favorite books as a child was Wind in the Willows. Burgess' books remind me of it and expand that kind of world into so many more beautiful stories. My 3 y/o girl and I are both eating them up.
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This was my favorite of the Thornton Burgess books as a child (at least, of those we owned). Unlike some other children's books that I reread now and am reminded just how why I loved them so much, this one did not do that for me now. It was enjoyable, but not all that memorable.
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Did not like the page numbers interspersed throughout the story.
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What a wonderful story to read with my son. I love imagining the life of animals. The author did a great job in giving us a great perspective of a squirrels life. ❤️
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Pretty much an allegory of my life.
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sweet. unlike most of these, this one has almost no problematic things in it that I wouldn't want to explain to a child.
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This is an absolutely adorable children's book
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This set of adventures about chatterer was lovely. My daughter and I read it in one sitting. A great quick read for young animal lovers.
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Read with the kids and we all enjoyed it. Would highly recommend. A lot of moral lessons interspersed within the chapters
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من المفيد تغذية الجزء الطفولي بداخلنا ♥️
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Talking animal bedtime stories are the best bedtime stories
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Fun, well written, and surprisingly psychologically sophisticated.
