The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

Even the peaceful, sun-splashed world of the Green Forest, the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool, trouble sometimes make an appearance and disturbs the lives of the animals living there. And so it is this charming story about Jerry Muskrat and his friends Little Joe Otter, Spotty the Turtle, Grandfather Frog and Billy Mink. First, Farmer Brown's boy has set nasty traps all around the Smiling Pool and that spells trouble for Jerry and the other creatures who live in around the Pool. Wise old Grandfather Frog must think long and hard to come up with a soluction for that problem. Then, suddenly, the water in the Laughing Frog stops flowing and before long, the smiling Pool drops to alarming levels. Something must be done, but what? Children will love finding out as they read or listen to this Burgess' fable, which combines the fun of a good story with important lessons like kindness and otther virtues.