June 5, 1965(1965-06-05) (aged 91) Hampden, Massachusetts
Resting place
Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
Occupation
Author of children's books Conservationist
Spouse
Nina E. Osbourne Burgess (1905–1906) Fannie H. Phillips Burgess (1911–1950)
Children
Thornton Waldo Burgess III
Harrison Cady's frontispiece to the Mother West Wind "Where" Stories depicting Burgess animal characters
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man, after his newspaper column Bedtime Stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. He was sometimes known as the...
named Peter Rabbit in the works of ThorntonBurgess, an author from Sandwich, Massachusetts In 1910, when Burgess began his Old Mother West Wind series...
Glubbslyme Glubbslyme Jacqueline Wilson Grandfather Frog ThorntonBurgess Bedtime Stories ThorntonBurgess Jeremy Fisher The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher Beatrix...
New York: Random House. OCLC 7013536. "Books Written by Thornton W. Burgess". ThorntonBurgess Society | Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen. Retrieved...
His work is on display at the Thornton W. Burgess Museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Alphabetical list of ThorntonBurgess books illustrated by Harrison...
The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter. Reddy Fox, in the stories of ThorntonBurgess. Reynard the Fox in the Reynard cycle. Scarlett Fox, from the magazine...
is one of the protagonists the story. Spotty Old Mother West Wind ThorntonBurgess The Tortoise What the Tortoise Said to Achilles Lewis Carroll Also...
Parables for Kids by Glen Keane. Bobby Coon from the children's books by ThorntonBurgess. Chester from the children's book The Kissing Hand and following sequels...
the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt Peter Cottontail Rabbit Peter Cottontail ThorntonBurgess A prominent character in the "Old Mother West Wind" series, in some...
Adventures of Paddy the Beaver (1917) is a children's novel written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady. Paddy moves into the Green Forest...
episodes: Adapted from the stories of animal-themed children's writer, ThorntonBurgess. Produced by Zuiyo Eizo. Heidi, Girl of the Alps (アルプスの少女ハイジ, Arupusu...
McCloskey Mr. and Mrs. Quack from "The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack" by ThorntonBurgess in the "Old Mother West Wind" series of books The Mechanickal Duck...
(1910–1981), Australian general Happy Jack, 1918 children's novel by ThorntonBurgess Happy Jack, a play by John Godber, published in 1989, about a couple...
George Matthew Adams Service. Writers syndicated by Adams included ThorntonBurgess, Edgar Guest and Robert Ripley. The syndicate also distributed single-panel...
Sanctuary (Hampden) – home of author ThorntonBurgess Captain John Porter House, built in 1771 in Agawam Thornton W. Burgess House, c. 1780–1784 Holyoke Wistariahurst...
first exhibition of Futurist painting was held, opening in Paris. ThorntonBurgess published the first installment of his syndicated newspaper column...
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