This text was prepared by Nate Ripperton, using as copytext, The Burgess Animal Book for Children, by Thornton W. Burgess, illustrated by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, published by Little, Brown & Co., London, 1920.

Since this book was first published before 1923, it is in the public domain in the United States. By U.S. law, it entered the public domain 75 years after its first publication.

An assortment of black and white, and color illustrations are included in this text.

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