BIRD LIFE IN WINGTON

Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1973, 17^th pr.  ISBN 0-8028-4024-8.  Trade soft cover, 122 pages.  Illustrated wraps with some edge wear, some creases and reading creases; binding sound.  Prior owner’s name on FEP, check marks on contents page, small stray ink mark on p. 52; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; black & white illustrations by Reynold H. Weidenaar.  ‘Here are strikingly simple stories that teach the Christian way of life.  Applying human faults and foibles and Christian wisdom and prudence into character roles of familiar birds, the author skillfully, and with delightful, sly humor, makes the problems of right and wrong become clearly transparent and uncomplicated.  The stories are tellingly applicable and easily understood by even the youngest child.  Adults, too, will enjoy these extraordinarily clever stories about Bing Canary, Mr. Pelican of the Great A. & P. Sea Food Co., Mr. Buzzard, the undertaker, silly Gerty Goose, the Fuller Grass Salesman, Pastor Penguin and many others.’ (from rear wrap)