The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (A Children's Classic Junior Novel)

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse is a children's novel written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by

Harrison Cady. The main character also appears in Mr. Toad and Danny Meadow Mouse Take a Walk and Danny Meadow

Mouse Learns Something (both 1914).


Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series

of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's

briar patch. Peter goes to Farmer Brown's peach orchard and gets caught in a snare and barely escapes himself.

Finally Danny gets trapped in a tin can and must use his wits to escape Reddy Fox again.