''The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver'' (1917) is a children's novel written by

Thornton W. Burgess Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man, after his newspaper column ''Bedtime Stories''. By the time he retir ...

and illustrated by Harrison Cady.

Plot introduction

Paddy moves into the Green Forest, and Sammy Jay starts to complain he is cutting down the trees, but Sammy falls into the water and learns that this did not work out very well. After that Old Man Coyote finds out Paddy is in the Green Forest, and starts to hunt for him, though for three days Paddy outsmarts him. But one day he almost catches Paddy and he would have were it not for Sammy Jay telling Paddy to get into the water. After that Paddy and Sammy become best friends.

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* * * 1917 American novels American children's novels Fictional beavers Children's novels about animals 1917 children's books Little, Brown and Company books Children's books about beavers Children's books set in forests {{1910s-child-novel-stub