Animals & Nature
Baby's Own Aesop
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Walter Crane
"Baby's Own Aesop" presents the fables as one-stanza limericks, each "pictorially pointed" by Walter Crane, the noted pa…
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
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James Otis
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
The Tale of Reddy Woodpecker
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …
Bashan And I
Read by David Wales
Thomas Mann
Simple and unpretentious as a statement by Francis d’Assisi, yet full of a gentle modern sophistication and humour, this little work will br…
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany writ…
A Treatise of Modern Falconry
Read by Curt Walton
James Campbell
The 18th century book A Treatise on Modern Falconry is still one of the most quoted books in today's falconry community. The preface was pos…
"Boy" The Wandering Dog
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Marshall Saunders
Another 'dog's-eye view' book for children by this early activist for the American Humane Society. In this tale, we follow the travels and …
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (Version 2)
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Thornton W. Burgess
This is the story of a chubby little meadow mouse and his family in the big forest and fields where he lives. His many adventures are somet…
The Christmas Reindeer
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
Tuktu and her brother, Aklak, are Eskimo children who live happily with their beloved reindeer in the Northland. When Tuktu is lost in a fog…
The Owl and the Pussycat
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Edward Lear
LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…
The Little Colonel's Hero
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Annie Fellows Johnston
In this sixth volume of “The Little Colonel Series” for girls, Lloyd is surprised with a gift for her twelfth birthday, of a summer trip to …
The Tale of Ferdinand Frog
Read by Jude Somers
Arthur Scott Bailey
The wild folk in Pleasant Valley agreed that Ferdinand Frog was an agreeable person to have around. No matter what happened, he was always c…
Little Joe Otter (Version 2)
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
Little Joe Otter, Mrs. Otter, and the two Otter children go on a traveling adventure where the children learn about trappers, bobcats, and t…
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2
Read by nlonghu
Alfred Russel Wallace
A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with …
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …
The Cow
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Robert Louis Stevenson
LibriVox volunteers bring you fourteen different readings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Cow, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Co…
Half Hours With the Lower Animals
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Charles Holder
This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word "animal" with fish, amphibians, re…
Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2
Read by David Barnes
John Clare
John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England's greatest nature po…
More Jataka Tales
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Ellen C. Babbitt
The continued success of the "Jataka Tales," as retold and published ten years ago, has led to this second and companion volume. W…
Dot and the Kangaroo
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Ethel C. Pedley
Dot and the Kangaroo, written in 1899, is a children's book by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian…