Description
The Adventures of Prickly Porky is one more story by Thornton W. Burgess that revolves around a newcomer who first scares the others, but soon befriends them. The newcomer is Prickly Porky, the Porcupine, a strange-looking creature with scary spikes on his back – no wonder everybody is afraid of him first –, but who soon proves to be nice and great fun to be with. There is a learning curve for everyone in the process of getting to know Prickly Porky. Bowser the Hound, for example, attacks him and learns the hard way not to attack a porcupine ever again – as can be expected of the spiky animal, he rolls up in a ball whenever he feels threatened, so Bowser must soon give up his attempts grab and shake Porky. The arrival of Prickly Porky and his integration in the community of the Meadow is not the only important string of events in the story, though. There are lots of other occurrences that are just as important – Old Man Coyote suffers from a diminished appetite and important things happen in the life of the other characters as well, all recounted in the perfect style.As one of the most well-known conservationists of his time, Burgess drew the inspiration for his stories from the immediate natural surroundings of his mansion. Also known as the Bedside Story Man, Burgess knows how to grab the attention of his young audience – he creates characters that children of all ages can relate to, he tells the most exciting stories about them and he also gives them food for thought. What brings the stories even closer to the readers is the resemblance between the animal characters and human beings, so the conflicts and situations that these animal heroes are involved in are also very similar to the situations and conflicts that we, humans, young and old, are faced with day by day.
Product ID: 9781776668090
Sku: XT-39QS-MT6R
