UNLIMITED Audiobooks and eBooks

Over 40,000 books & works on all major devices

Get ALL YOU CAN for FREE for 30 days!

Blacky the Crow

Thornton W. Burgess

Book Overview: 

Blacky the Crow is a clever rascal who lives in the Green Forest and Meadow. He loves to play tricks on the other little people who are his neighbors, and is curious about Farmer Brown’s Boy. Blacky is always thinking about what is right and what is wrong, but he still gets into all kinds of mischief.

How does All You Can Books work?

All You Can Books gives you UNLIMITED access to over 40,000 Audiobooks, eBooks, and Foreign Language courses. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language e-workbooks as you want during the FREE trial and it's all yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. You can try the service for FREE for 30 days then it's just $19.99 per month after that. So for the price everyone else charges for just 1 book, we offer you UNLIMITED audio books, e-books and language courses to download and enjoy as you please. No restrictions.

Book Excerpt: 
. . .You see, he quite forgot the fact that the brightness of day is to Hooty what the blackness of night is to him. So, because Hooty would simply sit still and hiss and snap his bill, instead of trying to catch his tormentors or flying away, Blacky called him stupid. He felt sure that Hooty would stay right where he was now, and he hoped that Mrs. Hooty would lose her temper and leave the nest where she was sitting on those two eggs and join Hooty to help him try to drive away that noisy crew.

But Hooty isn't stupid. Not a bit of it. The minute he found out that Blacky and his friends had discovered him, he thought of Mrs. Hooty and the two precious eggs in the old nest of Redtail the Hawk close by.

"Mrs. Hooty mustn't be disturbed," thought he. "That will never do at all. I must lead these black rascals away where they won't discover Mrs. Hooty. I certainly must."

So he spread his broad wings and blundered away among the trees a little way.. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Read aloud with my seven year old while we are studying birds.

Blacky the Crow Thornton W. Burgess

I have tried to write stories about crows, but I couldn’t pull it off and settled for writing poems about these bad birds. Thornton Burgess did it, and he did it 100 years ago. His story is called Blacky the Crow.

My one complaint is that he picked a rather dull nam

This was a very enjoyable and endearing experience. The themes and stories in here feel both nostalgic and safe while original and fun.

It's an amazing read for young readers and a fun time during the holidays.

Written by a real conservationist who understood the outdoors, May 16, 2017

Verified Purchase(What's this?)

This review is from: Blacky the Crow (Kindle Edition)

Blacky was my second favorite Burgess character when I was growing up. A rascal, a trouble maker, a thief and very sly, Burgess somehow makes

Written by a real conservationist who understood the outdoors, May 16, 2017

Verified Purchase(What's this?)

This review is from: Blacky the Crow (Kindle Edition)

Blacky was my second favorite Burgess character when I was growing up. A rascal, a trouble maker, a thief and very sly, Burgess somehow makes

Written by a real conservationist who understood the outdoors, May 16, 2017

Verified Purchase(What's this?)

This review is from: Blacky the Crow (Kindle Edition)

Blacky was my second favorite Burgess character (#1 was Reddy Fox) when I was growing up. A rascal, a trouble maker, a thief and very sly, Bu

The Burgess Books

This is a phrase that brings a smile to my face as often as I hear it. As a young child, I would lose myself for hours in the simple world of the wood and pond inhabited by Little Joe Otter, Buster Bear, Grandfather Frog, and terrorized by Farmer Brown's Boy. I can remember the ver

View More Reviews