Arthur Scott Bailey Tales

The Tale of Benny Badger

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Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers.

The Tale of Betsy Butterfly

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This is a delightful and unusual series of bird and insect stories for boys and girls from three to eight years of age. Betsy spent most of her time among the flowers.

The Tale of Brownie Beaver

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Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books, centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers.

The Tale of Buster Bumblebee

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Buster Bumblebee and his family move into a new home where Buster meets a strange fellow called a carpenter bee, too many chirpy crickets, and even find his long lost sister.

The Tale of Daddy Long-Legs

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Daddy is a person of such unusual appearance with his eight scrawny legs in contrast to ordinary people's two, and everything about his private life is such a mystery to his neighbors that his acquaintances give him credit for having a marvelous ability to look into the future.

The Tale of Freddie Firefly

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Freddie Firefly is most anxious to lighten the cares of his friends in Pleasant Valley for he is a most unselfish fellow and enjoys nothing more than seeing other people as happy as he.

The Tale of Henrietta Hen

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Slumber-Town Tale of Henrietta Hen is a cute children's book filled with the adventures of a hen named Henrietta for children from three to eight years of age.

The Tale of Major Monkey

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This series of animal stories tell of the adventures of the four-footed creatures of our American woods and fields in an amusing way, which delights children from three to eight years of age.

The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse

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This series of animal stories tell of the adventures of the four-footed creatures of our American woods and fields in an amusing way, which delights children from three to eight years of age.

The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat

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The rats and the mice thought that Miss Kitty Cat was a terrible person. She was altogether too fond of hunting them. They agreed, however, that in one way it was pleasant to have her about the farmhouse.

The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug

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Have you ever seen a Ladybug and wondered what the cute little bug with the dots on her back was thinking? And why she seemed in such a rush? Mrs. Ladybug loved to find out what her neighbors were doing and to give them advice.

The Tale of Peter Mink

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The Tale of Peter Mink, a story for children from three to eight years of age, tells of the adventures of the four-footed creatures of our American woods and fields in an amusing way, which delights small two-footed human beings.

The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels

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When Johnnie Green sent him along the road at a trot, Twinkleheels' tiny feet moved so fast that you could scarcely have told one from another. Being a pony, and only half as big as a horse, he had to move his legs twice as quickly as a horse did in order to travel at a horse's speed.

The Tale of Timothy Turtle

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Sleepy-Time Tales story of Timothy Turtle, a grumpy old turtle trying to live his life alongside Black Creek. Timothy's adventures lead him to encounters with other Black Creek creatures.

The Tale of Tommy Fox

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Bailey's writing has been described by the Newark Evening News: "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers.