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Secrets of the Woods (Yesterday's Classics)

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This author is a great nature writer. I read the Burgess Bird (and Animal and Seashore) Book(s) for Children starting when my children were 5. After we finished those we moved on to this book by William Long.

It teaches nature study to children in a story format that is interesting. In this book, Long tells stories about various animals in nature. The stories are what he saw or experienced of the animal when he came across it in the wild.

This author has several other nature books along the same line as this one which we are off to read next.

The edition of this book is NOT user friendly. There are NO chapter divisions, there is random type where illustrations should be. Letters are missing in the first words of each chapter. The content is fine. This edition is NOT WORTH THE MONEY!

General Books, LLC basically scans in the pages of the original book and then lets a computer program figure out how to "type" it into a format they can print into book form. Absolutely horrible! Why would I want a book full of typos, random letters, no illustrations (this is a children's book) and basically unreadable, just so I can go on their website and read it online? I buy books to read them physically. I prefer not reading online. I shouldn't have to buy an unreadable book so I can see the "real thing" online. Don't waste your money on any book printed by this company! I have other books from them, as well, all with the same problems. Wish I would have known before I bought them all from different sellers all on the same day.