Animals & Nature
Mother West Wind "How" Stories
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Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit has many questions. How did Howler the Wolf get his name? How did Lightfoot the Deer learn to jump? How did Drummer the Woodpec…
Penrod
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Mother West Wind's Animal Friends
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Thornton W. Burgess
This is the 6th compilation of childrens bedtime stories by conservationist and newspaper columnist author Thornton Waldo Burgess. Burgess u…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Among the Forest People
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Clara Dillingham Pierson
Another delightful children's book by Clara Dillingham Pierson about various forest animals - what they do, and what they are like. Each one…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Natural History Volume 2
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Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Among the Pond People
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Clara Dillingham Pierson
Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series ex…
Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
Read by Sacha Chander
Frank Bird Linderman
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing …
The Aesop for Children
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Aesop
A collection of Aesop's fables for children from the classic American book illustrated by Milo Winter. Read along and see the illustrations …
The Call of the Wild (Version 2)
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Jack London
This is the story of Buck, dog napped from sunny California to snowy Arctic during the Alaska gold rush. This deservedly famous book has bee…
West African Folk Tales
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William H. Barker
A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as …
Among the Meadow People
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Clara Dillingham Pierson
Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People"…
By Pond and River
Read by Laura Caldwell
Arabella B. Buckley
In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…
The Black Fawn
Read by Roger Melin
Jim Kjelgaard
Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was…
Uncle Remus & Friends
Read by Phil Chenevert
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus, that genial old storyteller, knows how to spin these wonderful tales about the 'criteers' that the little 6 year old boy (and m…
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
L. Leslie Brooke
This version of the classic tale of the three pigs, their houses and a wolf, published in 1904, has a new twist in its second half. This rec…
Among the Farmyard People
Read by Claire Schreuder
Clara Dillingham Pierson
A wonderful children's book filled with engaging stories about various farmyard animals. Each book ending with a moral which gently encourag…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 4 Dramatic Reading)
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Hugh Lofting
John Dolittle, M. D., was once a famous doctor. But then he learned to talk Animal-Language, picked up several interesting pets, and gradual…