The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
Author:
Thornton W. Burgess
Illustrator:
Harrison Cady
Publication:
1918 by Little, Brown & Company
Series:
Thornton W. Burgess' Bedtime Story-Book
Series Number: 18
Pages:
118
Current state:
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Book Guide
When Jimmy Skunk curls up to take a nap in an old barrel, the imp of mischief gets the better of Peter Rabbit. Tons of trouble plague the long-eared prankster after he decides it'd be great fun to see the barrel—with Jimmy inside—roll down from its resting point high on a hill.
Reddy Fox gets the blame for Jimmy's wild ride (as well as a dose of the skunk's "perfume"); Peter gets his comeuppance for playing nasty tricks; and before the day is out, Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Possum go egg-hunting and wind up in a pretty pickle in Farmer Brown's henhouse.
Children will delight in these warm, whimsical adventures that combine all the interest and excitement of a good story with gentle lessons about nature, wildlife and such virtues as courtesy, kindness, and preparedness.
From the Dover Publications edition
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