Book Description
Old Mr. Crow was apparently not the noisiest person in the neighborhood. Any who think so must have forgotten all about Mr. Crow's knavish cousin, Jasper Jay, and it was not only in summer, either, that Jasper's shrieks and laughter woke the echoes. Farmer Green once remarked, "He reminds me of a bad boy," Johnnie Green's father said one day. "He's mischievous and destructive; and he's forever screeching and whistling. But there's something about him that I can't help liking. Maybe it's because he always has such a good time." I should let you know things don't always go his way. When you read the story you'll see what I mean. An American writer of more than forty children's books, Arthur Scott Bailey was born in St. Albans, Vermont. The Newark News stated, "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers. He made it a habit to never 'write down' to children and frequently used words beyond the average juvenile vocabulary, believing that youngsters respond to the stimulus of the unfamiliar."