"Listen," whispered Jimmy Skunk to Peter Rabbit as the strange howling sound echoed through the Green Forest. But Peter was listening. He had never heard anything like it. The sound made cold chills run up and down his backbone. What could it be?Children will love finding out as Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Prickly Porky, Granny Fox, Reddy Fox, and other dwellers in the Green Forest react to a new and scary neighbor. All ends happily, of course, in this timeless fable by noted storyteller Thornton W. Burgess.Reprinted in large, easy-to-read type and enhanced with six new illustrations, based on the Harrison Cady originals, this book combines the fun of a good story with gentle lessons about nature, wildlife, and proper behavior.

 

This book features in the following series: Children's Classics, Dover Children's Thrift Classics, Dover Childrens Thrift Classics .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Dover Publications Inc. .

Burgess lived in Massachusetts. Learn more about Thornton Burgess at thorntonburgess. org.