Song of the Seasons / Webb, Addison / (HB/1950-1950/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Vintage book is gently used with very little cover wear and is clean*

This story of the year-round doings of squirrels and opossums, bees and birds, raccoons and bears, and many other familiar animals is told with accuracy, charm, and humor. Here are a few sample sentences: In summer "the birds must learn to fly. They are afraid. They wrap their wings around themselves, pull their heads down into their shoulders, shut their eyes, and shiver." By wintertime "the raccoon has lived well and is fat. He moves into a tree hollow with his fat mate. If there is still room he permits his fat children to move in, too. If there is still room, he is joined by his fat father and his fat mother."

May Lamberton Becker says: "I couldn't stop till the last word, and then, still delighted, I read it again. It is nature from the inside. It enjoys and understands, and the twinkling humor that comes so unexpectedly is never out of tune. The text is enthralling to anyone who loves animals and the ways of nature, especially a very young person. It is worth the best pictures obtainable, and I hope it gets them." Her hope has been fulfilled. The superb pictures on almost every page are the work of a surprising young artist who brings a new talent to the field of book illustration.

This is a rare and beautiful book and a joyous one. It could be called "Song of Life" as well as "Song of the Seasons." Here are zest and courage, love and danger. Death is here too, and with it knowledge of the certain renewal of life.

CONTENTS

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

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