The Adventures of Buster Bear (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) [Paperback]

Thornton W. Burgess (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics

Delightfully told tale recounts, in large easy-to-read type, the escapades of an amiable bear who comes to live in the Green Forest, where he playfully annoys Little Joe Otter and other occupants. Gentle lessons about the dangers of greed, pride, and insensitivity accompanied by charming illustrations.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; First Printing edition (March 24, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486275647
• ISBN-13: 978-0486275642
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, typical Burgess, January 12, 1999

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This review is from: The Adventures of Buster Bear (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (Paperback)

Buster Bear is a book of many lessons that we could use today. Little Joe Otter played a part in showing the need of not having things happen your way always. Grandfather Frog was a rock of common sense throughout the story.

-Eric Smith, Dyersburg,Tennessee

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buster Bear Busts Loose, April 25, 2010

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Darien Summers "Author of The Mischievous Har... (San Francisco, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of Buster Bear (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (Paperback)

This book focuses on one of Burgess' many classic forest creatures of the Green Forest and Green Meadow areas: Buster Bear. Buster Bear is new to the area and due to his size and gruff voice, many fear him. However, he soon proves himself to be a kindhearted friendly bear that wants to be friends with his new neighbors. His neighbors are shocked however to find out that the token human in the series, Farmer Brown's Boy, is afraid of Buster; surprising everybody since it was widely thought that Farmer Brown's Boy feared nothing. As it turns out, not only is Farmer Brown's Boy afraid of Buster, but Buster is afraid of him!

Burgess seems to push the message that looks can be deceiving, and not to judge people based on your initial observation of them. This message is evident not only in before mentioned scenario, but also in the beginning of the book when Little Joe Otter initially thinks that Buster is trying to steal the fish that he caught, which wasn't the case and the two eventually went on to become friends.

I highly enjoy both this book, and this series. My daughter does to, as it makes for great bedtime reading with its short chapters.

Darien Summers, author of The Mischievous Hare, a children's book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, February 16, 2010

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This review is from: The Adventures of Buster Bear (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (Paperback)

Thornton Burgess brings the best of both worlds to his books: delightful, imaginative story and characters with purposeful descriptions of animal behavior. This is a great book to add to your library. The children love to hear it read aloud, and are learning about nature while enjoying a good story.