The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (1915) is a children's novel written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady.[1][2] Danny Meadow Mouse appeared as the main character of many tales written by Burgess for his syndicated newspaper column "Bedtime Stories".[3]
 First edition | |
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Harrison Cady |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company; Dover Publications |
Publication date | 1915 |
| ISBN | 978-0-486-27565-9 |
| OCLC | 26929223 |
| LC Class | PZ7.B917 Abd 1993 |
Plot
editDanny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's briar patch. Peter goes to Farmer Brown's peach orchard and gets caught in a snare and barely escapes himself. Finally Danny gets trapped in a tin can and must use his wits to escape Reddy Fox again.
References
edit- ^ "Adventures of Grandfather Frog: Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse". Journal of Education. 81 (12): 328-328. March 25, 1915. ISSN 0022-0574.
- ^ Burgess, Thornton (1944). The adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse. Grosset & Dunlap, New York. ISBN 9780448027036.
- ^ Patton, Burr A. (June 8, 1965). "Thornton W. Burgess". The Post-Star. Glen Falls, N.Y. p. 4.
External links
edit- The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse at Project Gutenberg
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse public domain audiobook at LibriVox- The adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse / by Thornton W. Burgess; with illustrations by Harrison Cady. HathiTrust.
 | This article about a children's novel of the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |