Reviews for Adventures of Buster Bear

The average rating for Adventures of Buster Bear based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-26 00:00:00 Robert Crichton My 7 yr old gave these books a 5. I agree. "His books are awesome' she says.I liked the way morals were told in an entertaining way. I bet my daughter didn't feel she was being moralized at because she wanted to hear the whole book. I've tried others that had a distinct 'moral' or 'value' and she hates it.(Books that go ... is thankful or ... learns to be honest. blah. Burgess books are interesting entertaining and a good read. Hopefully the little lessons learned by the animals were also learned and put away in the back of my daughter's mind! But if not, that's ok. A book is meant to entertain and if it did that, that works for me. They are a little 'old-fashioned' meaning the sun is called: Mr. round red jolly sun, the wind is Old Mother West Wind, a breeze is One of Mother West Wind's Children, the Merry Little Breezes etc. Quaint and not exactly science but endearing nonetheless. But other than that these books are science in story form. The stories are about real life things that frogs or bears or skunks do or could do. Unlike most books with animals as main characters where they learn to ride bikes, win the spelling bee at school etc. Beginning animal lore for young children. Or budding animal lovers. If you miss any of these from your local library they are also on Gutenberg's free books site. Personally I think that these should be re-released with new covers so kids will read them again. The books themselves: Buster Bear: Buster moves to the Green Woods. This doesn't please the other animals because he takes 'their' fish, and they are frightened of him. But when the animals find out that Farmer Brown's Boy is afraid of Buster, they look at him with new eyes...until they find out the next personality trait Buster shows. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: temper, new friends come to the neighborhood. Old Mother West Wind: A group of stories with Mother West Wind or her Little Breezes helping the animals of the Meadow and forest. A couple of 'how the xxx got/ lost zzz' stories also that were quite entertaining. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: vanity, friendship, contentment, helpfulness. Danny Meadow Mouse: Danny gets upset because he has a short tail. He also gets caught by Hooty the Owl, who wants him for dinner. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: greed, anger, envy, kindness, friendship, look before you leap. Grandfather Frog: He decides it's time for him to see more of the world. A little risk keeps life exciting. He has some exciting adventures before discovering 'there's no place like home'. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: greed, mischieviousness, thoughtlessness, patience. Old Man Coyote: Something is making a new sound in the Green Meadows/ Green Forest. The animals don't know what it could be. When it is discovered who has moved in, Granny Fox is determined to oust them from HER feeding grounds. Granny is in for a surprise because this stranger isn't easy to fool. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: courage, resisting temptation, good planning Bobby Coon: Poor Bobby awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down! He is injured in the fall but taken good care of by Farmer Brown' Boy His trial are not yet over. Bobby must find a new home but that is harder than he thinks. Morals/ values/ lessons intertwined in the book: helping others, not worrying needlessly, losing your temper.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-18 00:00:00 Carl Mcconnell I remember when Farmer Brown's boy left a pail of blueberries and Buster Bear came along because he was going to go eating berries too. And Farmer Brown's Boy's mother promised him that he would make blueberry pie if he came home with blueberries. And Buster Bear put the pail on his head to get lots more berries and Buster Bear, when he was full, ran off and the pail came down on his neck and Buster Bear did not like that and tried to shake it off, and then a Farmer Brown's Boy came back and was very puzzled that the pail was gone. And Buster Bear came to a bunch of other people, like Jimmy Skunk and Bobby Coon. Buster Bear tried to catch Bobby Coon, no that's not right, the Red Squirrel or something? Do you remember his name Daddy? And the Red Squirrel was too scared to jump on the other side or branch, no on the ground. And he remembered what Mother Nature had said, he could spread his hands out and jump down something like a napkin that is floating down in a big square. And Buster Bear was disappointed. And later Buster Bear got the pail off his neck and he was so happy, and that's it.