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The Burgess Animal Book for Children
- Narrated by: Ginger Walton
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Animals & Nature
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Publisher's Summary
When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who live in the Green Meadows and Green Forest, she recommends Old Mother Nature who is happy to teach him.
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