Animals & Nature

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Howard R. Garis - Umboo, The Elephant

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in a circus? What if, rather than choosing to be in one, you were captured and taken away from the home and family you knew and made to perform in the heat of a big top?...

Lynne T and 4 more 3 hours 7 minutes

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Clara Dillingham Pierson - Among the Forest People

Another delightful children's book by Clara Dillingham Pierson about various forest animals — what they do, and what they are like. Each one also giving subtle moral and life lessons to young children. — Summary by...

Claire Schreuder and 1 more 2 hours 46 minutes Among the People Series

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Charles Henry Ross - Book of Cats

One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: the first burst out laughing at the end of my opening sentence, so I refrained...

krzys and 4 more 5 hours 11 minutes

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Thornton W. Burgess - Blacky the Crow

Blacky the Crow is a clever rascal who lives in the Green Forest and Meadow. He loves to play tricks on the other little people who are his neighbours, and is curious about Farmer Brown’s Boy. Blacky is always...

Jude Somers 2 hours 11 minutes

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Queer Little Folks

A wonderful children's classic — a collection of moral stories told by animals in the woods. The wittily written stories explore various issues in a fun way. — Summary by Claire Schreuder

Claire Schreuder and 4 more 2 hours 8 minutes

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Clara Dillingham Pierson - Among the Farmyard People

A wonderful children's book filled with engaging stories about various farmyard animals. Each book ending with a moral which gently encourages children towards better behaviour and attitudes. — Summary by Claire...

Claire Schreuder 3 hours 13 minutes Among the People Series

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Clara Dillingham Pierson - Among the Meadow People

Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the «Among the People» series explores the animal inhabitants of the meadow and garden. The charming prose...

Frances Brown and 8 more 2 hours 40 minutes Among the People Series

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Action & Adventure

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Hugh Lofting - Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (version 2)

Doctor Dolittle and his friends travel to South America to meet the greatest naturalist in the New World. A note to listeners: This book was written in a different time, and as such, contains language and...

Karen Savage 6 hours 41 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Thornton W. Burgess - Adventures of Prickly Porky

A stranger from the North Woods has just arrived in the Green Forest causing a great stir among the woodland creatures who live there. They quickly discover that this odd fellow with the barbed spikes in his fur is...

Diana Majlinger and 6 more 1 hour 45 minutes

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Hugh Lofting - Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 3)

After his parrot Polynesia teaches him to speak animal languages, Doctor Dolittle decides to abandon his human practice, and become an animal doctor. — Summary by Karen Savage

Karen Savage 2 hours 24 minutes

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Albert Payson Terhune - Bruce

Albert Payson Terhune was a journalist but is probably best known as a breeder of dogs, in particular collies at his Sunnybank Kennels. Bruce charts the story of an unwanted puppy who becomes loved by the mistress of...

SamR 3 hours 39 minutes

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Catherine Cate Coblentz - Blue Cat of Castle Town

«The mother cat had been quite upset when she first saw the blue kitten. She had looked fearfully then toward the river. For, like all cats, she had heard that a blue kitten could learn the river's song. Any kitten...

Peter Eastman 3 hours 16 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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