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Click to enlargeThe Adventures of Peter Cottontail

Thornton W. Burgess
Our Price$2.50
Availability: In Stock
Format: Book
Grade Level: 3 - 6 (ages 8 - 11)
ISBN: 0486269299
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 8 1/4
Delightful classic transports young readers to the timeless world of the Green Forest, where Peter discovers the folly of changing his name, outwits the ever-hungry Reddy Fox, manages a number of hare's-breadth escapes, and makes an ill-advised decision to hibernate. Little lessons about the environment and being true to one's self. 6 illustrations.
Reprint of the Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1914 edition.

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