I wondered about Burgess too, but some characters wore clothes.
I know the woodchuck was Johnny Chuck, but he had clothes . http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&resnum=0&q=johnny%20chuck%20burgess&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
They were originally published earlier, but were heavily
reprinted in the 1950’s. They were like young chapter books,
designed for read-aloud bedtime reading, or reading alone later on. Very
popular for years.
Golden Books did a lot of animal stories back then, based on Disney’s
nature film shorts/TV shows. There could have been a woodchuck, but the
illustrations would have been real photos, and they wouldn’t be doing
human activities. They would be anthropomorphized to an extent doing
their nature stuff, though.
Sue Grotyohann
Monroe Township Library
Hi, Michaele! I wonder if
this might be it:
http://www.online-literature.com/thornton-burgess/
We had a number of his books here for a while. Best of luck! Have a
good weekend. Talk soon.
Richard
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Michaele Casey <...@bernardsvillelibrary.org">mca...@bernardsvillelibrary.org>
wrote:
I
have a patron who remembers reading a series of books with animal characters
when he was 8-10 years old. He believes the books would have been
published around the 1950s. The books contained illustrations, although
he cannot remember whether they were color or b/w. The books were not
picture books but more like beginning readers. The animals behaved as
animals except they could talk and do people-like activities. He is
certain they did not wear clothing. When I showed him books by Robert
Lawson, he said I was close but still did not get it exactly. Another
clue is when a new animal character was introduced, the next book had that
animal as the main character. The animal he remembers most is a
woodchuck. I thought maybe it was the series by Marion Holt (Willie
Woodchuck #11)but the animals do wear clothing.
Any
thoughts....
Michaele
Casey
Bernardsville Library
1 Anderson Hill Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
908 766-0118
www.bernardsvillelibrary.org
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