Animals & Nature
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble
The Wibblewobble family of ducks appear in a series of 31 bedtime stories - one for each day of the month - written by Howard R. Garis. Each…
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
While working in Africa, the eminent naturalist John Dolittle sets out to create the best post office on earth, using his bird friends to ca…
The Duck-Footed Hound
Old Joe was the biggest, fightingest, craftiest coon in the Creeping Hills. No one had ever been able to catch him; not even Precious Sue, a…
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the …
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling invites listeners into a vibrant world where the boundaries between human and animal blur. Follow the jou…
In the North Woods of Maine
Two fifteen-year-old boys---the younger of whom may have been fourteen---decide to hunt and trap away from home in the north woods of Maine.…
The Aesop for Children
The Aesop for Children presents a delightful collection of timeless fables that have captivated young audiences for generations. Each story …
The Adventures of Reddy Fox
This timeless story tells of an overconfident little fox who steals a plump pet hen and is hotly pursued by Farmer Brown's boy and Bowser th…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up…
Birds of the Air
Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe …
The Christmas Reindeer
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 Natural History
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
The House at Pooh Corner
The concluding ten chapters to the much beloved chronicles of Winnie the Pooh and friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. - Summary by aquio
The Biography of a Grizzly
I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thomps…
The Tale of Nimble Deer
Another Sleepy Time Tale from Arthur Scott Bailey, this time Nimble Deer is the focus of the story and how he was such a tiny, frail, spotte…
Tale of Buster Bumblebee
Buster Bumblebee and his family move into a new home. Excitement and buzzing abound. Buster meet a strange fellow called a carpenter bee, wa…
Uncle Wiggily's Automobile
The irrepressible Uncle Wiggily falls ill and Dr. Possum prescribes "an automobile drive before every meal". thus Uncle Wiggly bu…
A Shepherd's Life
Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…
Tales of a Poultry Farm
Another interesting book by Clara Dillingham Pierson, this time focusing on the poultry you might have in your farmyard! The chickens, ducks…
Around The Campfire
Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales