Chunky, the Happy Hippo-Richard Barnum

American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat. The descriptions follow the spring months in New England, including such topics as March Winds, Bobbing for Eels, and the Harbingers of Summer. Packard writes with a free flowing narrative that is both informative and entertaining, sometimes dramatic and sometimes poetic (Summary by Larry Wilson)