The Great Book of Good Night Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Treasury of Bedtime Animal Adventures: Mother West Wind, Forest Creatures, and Boy Scout Outdoor TalesBy Thornton Burgess
Length96h 11m
About this audiobook
The Great Book of Good Night Stories gathers Thornton Burgess's beloved woodland tales into a capacious treasury of brief, gently suspenseful narratives for bedtime reading. Centered on familiar figures such as Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox, and Old Mother West Wind's circle, the book combines animal fable, natural history, and moral instruction. Its prose is direct, rhythmic, and oral in manner, belonging to the early twentieth-century tradition of children's nature writing that sought to cultivate curiosity, sympathy, and ethical imagination. Thornton Burgess (1874–1965), an American conservation-minded author from Massachusetts, wrote from a deep affection for fields, streams, and forest life. His long career in children's literature was shaped by journalism, storytelling for his young son, and a desire to make the habits of animals intelligible without stripping them of wonder. His fiction reflects Progressive Era interests in education, character formation, and reverence for the natural world. This volume is warmly recommended to readers seeking stories that soothe without becoming trivial. Children will enjoy its lively creatures and clear conflicts, while adults will recognize its careful moral architecture and ecological sensibility.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length96 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 14, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 1)
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6The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 2)
7The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 3)
8The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 4)
9The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 5)
10The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 6)
11The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 7)
12The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 8)
13The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 9)
14The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 10)
15The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 11)
16The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 12)
17The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 13)
18The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 14)
19The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 15)
20The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 16)
21The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 17)
22The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 18)
23The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 19)
24The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 20)
25The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 21)
26The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 22)
27The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 23)
28The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 24)
29The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 25)
30The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 26)
31The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 27)
32The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 28)
33The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 29)
34The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 30)
35The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 31)
36The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 32)
37The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 33)
38The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 34)
39The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 35)
40The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 36)
41The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 37)
42The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 38)
43The Great Book of Good Night Stories (pt. 39)
44Analysis
45Reflection
46Memorable Quotes
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