The Burgess Animal Book for Children (COLOR Edition)

Join Old Mother Nature's school to learn about the wild mammals living in the North America and observe them through beautiful illustrations drawn by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (54 in color and 19 in black and white drawings). Readers will explore the characteristics, the habits and the living environment of these mammals from the smallest to the largest, either on land or under the water/sea. The lessons, in the form of charming fables, start with the order of Rodents (the Hare, the Squirrel, the Mouse and Rat, the Beaver, the Porcupine families, etc.), then continue with other orders (the Weasel, the Fox, the Wolf, the Cat, the Bear, the Possum, the Deer families, etc.), and end with the order of Edentata (the Armadillos) and the order of Finnipedia (the Sea Otters, the Walrus, the Sea Lions, the Seals, etc.). Reader will delight in Burgess' accurate animal descriptions as to details worthy of a professional naturalist. This book contains a biography of the author. It was edited for clarity and to provide readers a better reading experience.