The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories

Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) thrilled two generations of children with his delightful nature tales, publishing over 170 books, many of them illustrated by the great Harrison Cady, featuring an array of forest creatures in simple, well-written tales that always entertained and taught a moral lesson about human nature. From 1913 to 1922 Burgess published twenty "Bedtime Story Books." The first ten were faithfully reproduced in The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories; the balance are devotedly compiled here in Volume Two. Perfect for beginning readers, these are exactly the kind of precious and wholesome dramas an adult should be happily reading to wee ones and grandchildren at night as a prelude to sweet dreams.