The Adventures of Buster Bear

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Pub Date 6 Mar 2018 | Archive Date 20 Feb 2018

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The Adventures of Buster Bear introduces a new generation of children to Thornton W. Burgess’s long-beloved Bedtime Stories characters.

Buster Bear is new to the Green Forest and because he is so big (and his appetite is also so big), he's having some trouble making new friends. But there are always interesting stories about meeting the new folks in the neighborhood. Is a nice fat trout a good present for a new friend? Can someone as big as Buster be afraid of Farmer Brown's boy? How can a little tin pail cause any trouble? 

Children have laughed at the antics and adventures of the residents of the Green Meadows for five generations. And while laughing they're learning something about the natural world, and maybe something about themselves. 
 
A dedicated naturalist, Burgess imbues his stories with the good humor, imagination, and fun animal antics that all children will enjoy reading during story time. These essential childhood classic stories also feature the original black-and-white illustrations by Harrison Cady, lending this edition a vintage feel.
 
The Adventures of Buster Bear introduces a new generation of children to Thornton W. Burgess’s long-beloved Bedtime Stories characters.

Buster Bear is new to the Green Forest and because he is so big...

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ISBN 9781633224575
PRICE US$9.95 (USD)

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Modern cover for an older story. This is a reprint of an older series of children stories. The cover of this one gives it a "face lift". The artwork differs from the cover once you turn the page.

I didn't know this instantly because I never heard of this book before. But I found it odd that the cover look like something from Little Bill but the inside drawings looked more antique.

The writing differs from today's children stories and what we use to get in books. Due to the age of this book they are free to access. You can read this online through a Kindle, Nook and whoever else has a copy. You can also access it on Project Gutenberg.

This book was accessed on Netgalley to look through and review. But this one was a limited access with only given us 4 pages to examine this. So, I don't know if there is anything extra in this one or if it's just a reprint with a modern cover to draw interest from kids today. I think it'll work the cover was why I downloaded it in the first place.

But the limited pages may be due to because this is easily accessed everywhere else to read. The Table of Contents is modernized. The copy I have on Kindle and on Project Gutenberg are Roman Numerals. In their version they're our regular Hindu-Arabic numerals which is easier on our students and makes it feel newer.

Based on what I see in the Table of Contents they have everything the original copy has. With extra feature -- At the end of the book you can read about the author!

I am all for bringing older stories into today's classroom or at your house.

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Buster Bear is adventurous and silly. This would be a fun read aloud book with a class or for children at bedtime. Only criticism is there could have been a few more illustrations included.

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The Adventures of Buster Bear by Thornton W. Burgess
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group - Seagrass Press
ISBN: 9781633224575
Publish Date: March 6, 2018

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Seagrass Press for the ebook ARC of The Adventures of Buster Bear by Thornton W. Burgess.

“The Adventures of Buster Bear introduces a new generation to Thornton W. Burgess’s long - loved Bedtime Stories characters.” (Goodreads)
Buster Bear is new to the Green Forest and he is having some trouble making new friends because he is so big and so is his appetite.

I give this book a rating of 5 stars. I read this book to my kids and they really enjoyed it. Fun story!

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The download is only a sample of the book but from what I've seen and read it is enjoyable, well written and I liked the images.

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This is a reprint of older stories by Thornton W. Burgess. They are short stories that go together in a story, but can be read individually. They have a little moral written into the story. There are very few illustrations and that is certainly a draw back in this day and age. I found them cute, but not a book I would probably buy for my personal library or for my grandchildren.

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The Adventures of Buster Bear Thornton W. Burgess is an adventurous and silly story. This would be a fun read aloud book with a class. This is a modern cover for an older story, a reprint of an older series of children stories.

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