{"product_id":"green-forest-stories-9791043134500","title":"Green Forest Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican naturalist and conservationist \u003cstrong\u003eThornton \u003cstrong\u003eW\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was the author of more than one hundred books for children; the best\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003eremembered of these is \u003cstrong\u003eOld Mother West\u003c\/strong\u003e Wind, which was originally written for his young son. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e also wrote dozens of books about the creatures of the northern \u003cstrong\u003eNorth American\u003c\/strong\u003e forest, four of which are collected here as the \u003cstrong\u003eGreen Forest\u003c\/strong\u003e Stories.\u003cstrong\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eGreen Forest\u003c\/strong\u003e Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e compilation focuses on Lightfoot the Deer, Blacky the \u003cstrong\u003eCrow\u003c\/strong\u003e, Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, and twin bear cubs Woof\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003eWoof and Boxer. Readers may have encountered these characters in other of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e's stories about the \"little people\" of the Massachusetts forest. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e's earliest ventures into animal fantasy are roughly contemporary with Rudyard Kipling's \u003cstrong\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e and Beatrix Potter's tales of various animals, and represent the most lasting American entry into this genre.Animal fantasy is a sub\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003egenre of children's literature in which animals are anthropomorphized into human\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003elike characters and use language like humans. It is often criticized by those who want readers to experience more realistic representations of animals and the natural world, but animal fantasies engage a millennia\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003eold tradition, in the Western canon reaching back at least as far as Aesop's Fables; animal characters feature in teaching stories for children (and adults) in cultures around the world. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e's stories are intended for children in the early elementary grades. The challenges and triumphs of the \"little people\" in his stories will feel identifiable to many young readers, and the snippets of moralizing and authorial commentary interleaved with the actions of the plot reflect a teaching device with a long history.In the late twentieth century, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e fell out of favour with teachers and librarians. This shift occurred in part due to changing tastes in literary style and in part due to a changing society. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is entirely a writer of his time. Most of the animals he depicts are male, and many of the female animals who wander into the stories are more passive and more stereotyped than the kinds of representation preferred for girls today. 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