The Adventures of Mr. Mocker [Kindle Edition]

Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess (Author)

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 84 KB
• Print Length: 46 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 141915155X
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Public Domain Books (April 1, 2004)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000JML6UW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,802 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Mocker is about a mocking bird who came from the south, December 29, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Adventures of Mr. Mocker (Library Binding)

I liked this book third best because the book is about the mystery of the mocking bird and now I am going to tell you what I mean. Well the story is about two little green forest people and a mocking bird. And near the end of the book it becomes about all of the little people in the green forest and the green meadows. And if you want to know, those two little green forest people are Sammy Jay and Sticky Toes the tree toad, who people say were talking in the night when they were really sound asleep. But soon everyone found out it was the Mocking Bird that was making all the noise in the night. And at the end they had a little party and everything turned out fine. Review by Mairead Hynes Age 6

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sandie, October 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Adventures of Mr. Mocker (Library Binding)

I'd love to know what book "Super Tim" read, as nowhere in this book did ANYONE say "Wow, there goes Mr. Mocky". In fact, this is a very good book which we've had for about 2 weeks and my 4 year old has had me read repeatedly. We cover about 3 chapters a night at bedtime. It teaches that playing tricks on your friends is NOT the way to keep them, and can actually cause people a lot of trouble. I highly recommend it - along with all of the other Thornton Burgess books!

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Harrison Cady Illustrations, September 1, 2011

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This review is from: The Adventures of Mr. Mocker (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. Plus, unlike many of these Dover editions of Thornton Burgess' books, it has honest-to-god original Harrison Cady illustrations.

Harrison Cady did two sets of drawings for this title:
-- Published by Little, Brown, with 6 full-page grayscale illustrations.
-- Published by Grosset & Dunlap, with 14 full-page line drawings, including line-drawing versions of all 6 original grayscale illustrations in the Little, Brown editions, plus many smaller line drawings.

This Dover edition has the 6 grayscale illustrations from the Little, Brown edition. In the Little, Brown edition, they were on plates (higher quality paper), while in this Dover edition they are on the same paper as the text. That does affect the quality of the illustrations a bit, but they still look quite good. Kudos to Dover on getting it right for this title. And at such a low price!

If you like these illustrations, I'd recommend finding a used copy of the Grosset & Dunlap edition too. Cady did those decades later, after he had grown as an artist. Even though the Grosset & Dunlap line drawings are simpler than the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations, they are more charming. On the other hand, the Little, Brown grayscale illustrations better show Cady's remarkable vision for Burgess' creatures.