A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short - and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love and respect for nature and animals at his fingertips, Thornton W. Burgess` created some of the world`s best children`s stories with his first collection, `Old Mother West Wind` (1910). Each story has relatable characters and a subtle moral that is not at all preachy. This collection introduces some of Burgess` famous characters that would pop up in his later books, like Peter Rabbit and Bobby Raccoon.
