Loony Coon Antics of a Rollicking Raccoon / Campbell, Sam A / (PB/1954-1954/B/USED)

Sam Campbell and his wife Giny have a particular fondness for raccoons, as readers of the Forest Life Series well know. A baby coon whose behavior is as comical as his looks is the engaging "hero" of this eighth volume of animal adventures.

It's early in June when the Campbells discover the raccoon family. One of the six cubs, Loony Coon scrambles out of the hollow tree and falls plunk at their feet. He's easy to distinguish from the other cubs because of his floppy left ear and a white streak on his forehead which accentuate the silly expression on his face. Also, he's obviously the favorite of his mother, Andrea--an old pet of the Campbells.

A great horned owl has invaded the area around the island Sanctuary in northern Wisconsin this summer, and Sam is immediately concerned for the safety of all the small animals. (The owl's scientific name Bubo virginianus is soon shortened to Giny Bubo--much to Giny Campbell's disgust!)

Events both serious and funny take place in the weeks to come. Sharing many of them are Sonya and her attractive foster parents, Dorothy and Dick Beck, who have rented a summer cabin near by, and will come often to see the Campbells. The little girl simply must have proof that everything Sam says in his books about animals is true. Dorothy and Dick are eager to be in on real adventures too--for a very different reason.

These new friends are in a strange dilemma, because of animals. Little Sonya adores all living creatures. Dorothy is really afraid of them, even small, gentle ones. She knows her fear is unreasonable but she can't overcome it. Before she and her husband adopted Sonya, the young city woman hardly gave animals a willing thought. But ever since the child started making pets of even snakes and biers, Dorothy has been a wreck. Is it possible, she asks Sam, for a person to learn to love animals when the very thought of touching one gives her the shivers?

At first Dorothy walks into some pretty trying situations. On an outing to Warden Olie's--an old woodsman who has about as many animals as Sam--a Canadian goose takes out after her because of a bright necklace she's wearing. (Grandma Honker loves jewelry!) Despite such setbacks, Dorothy makes progress. Loony Coon's antics appeal to her sense of humor. When the little rascal gets into mischief and all the group wonder how she will take it, she surprises them by thinking he is cute. She is beginning to feel real friendship for an animal, and this gives her courage to face the difficult and amusing experiences that still lie along the path to her goal.

The little raccoon acquires a taste for angelfood cake that is exceeded only by his appetite for watermelon. As a result, several of the Campbells' campfire parties are dessertless and forest nights are filled with riotous fun.

Sam Campbell has long believed that knowledge and understanding of animals will overcome fear of them. What he feels about steel traps and other things that torture wild creatures is unmistakable. Loony Coon, with a new set of animals and a fresh array of animals situations and observations, reaffirms these ideas in a most delightful way.

Table of Contents

I--Trouble Is Born
II--Funny Business at Coon Castle
III--Sonya and a Problem
IV--Winged Danger for Loony Coon
V--Sonya Meets Giny Bubo
VI--Grandmaw Honker et al
VII--A Battle in the Night
VIII--Missing In Action
IX--The Lost Is Found
X--The Killer Strikes
XI--Private Enemy Number One
XII--Hors De Combat
XIII--Grandmaw on the Warpath
XIV--Fun, Spills and Porky Quills
XV--Mistaken Identity
XVI--Loony Coon Takes the Cake
XVII--Encore
XVIII--Loony Coon, the Socialite
XIX--Watermelon Riot
XX--A Skunk's Gratitude
XXI--Over the Moonbeam Bridge
XXII--Grandmaw in the Doghouse
XXIII--Warden Olie's Yarn
XXIV--Trouble Returns
XXV--Sweet Dreams

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