Blacky the Crow Author:Thornton W. Burgess Children will love yet another tale from the storyteller Thornton Burgess. Thornton W Burgess was born in 1874 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was known as a conservationist and writer of children's books. Burgess loved the beauty of nature so much that during a fifty-year span he wrote 170 books and 15000 stories centered on nature and animal... more »s. Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat are two of his most memorable characters. Blacky the Crow spies some beautiful fresh eggs in the nest of Hooty the Owl. Should Blacky grab those eggs or leave them with Mrs Hooty Owl? Important lessons about animals can be learned through Burgess's humorous tales.« less