The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

by Thornton W. Burgess

Book Overview

Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined a gift for storytelling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose adventures he skillfully recounted in a series of charming fables. In them, he taught young readers about nature and encouraged them to love the lesser folk in fur and feathers.
In this delightfully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486273997
• ISBN13: 9780486273990
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

Chatterer the Red Squirrel

I read this when I was a kid, 55 plus years ago, and I still remember enjoying it. It was written in 1915. I bought two copies, one for my 9 year old grandson, and one for me! I have finished mine and grandson and I are reading it together when we visit. It is hard to get kids into a book with all the video games, but his is a great way to do it. Two copies cost a total of $5 plus shipping. Fantastic deal.

My favorite childhood series!

I thought the Adventure books were great!(Chatterer the best!)I first started reading them when I was about 7 or 8. I'm now 13 and I still enjoy the books. They really do help kids appreciate nature and most importantly, life. These would be great books for kids ages 5 to 10, I think.

Great animal adventure with life lessons

Chatterer the Red Squirrel is a precious animal adventure story that young children will love. While reading it to my 7 year old, my 11 and 13 year olds would inevitably wander into the room. Chatterer is a mischievous little red squirrel. If he's not picking on Shadow the Weasel and learning the hard way what an unruly tongue can do, he's in Farmer Brown's Corn CRib stealing corn. His mischieviousness finally catches up with him and because of his carelessness Farmer Brown's boy traps him. He then becomes a prisoner, although a quite comfortable one. He soon realizes that freedom is much more important than anything else. Throughout the story he learns many life lessons, although they seem small, which we as humans should take to heart. I would highly recommend this book.