Animals & Nature
Kittens and Cats: A Book of Tales
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Eulalie Osgood Grover
This book consists of fifty-two very short fictitious stories about cats and kittens, which have been written for children. Many of the stor…
Squinty the Comical Pig
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Richard Barnum
"This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors t…
The Tale of Jolly Robin
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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 Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management
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Philip M. Rule
"The origin of the domestic cat (Felis domestica) is a subject about which there has been much conjecture and scientific discussion, bu…
Shasta Of The Wolves
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Olaf Baker
She-wolf Nitka finds an abandoned Native American baby and raises him with her cubs. Shasta learns the wolf ways and meets his kin, where he…
Denslow's Three Bears
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
W. W. Denslow
This version of the classic tale of the three bears has a heroine named Golden Hair. The jolly bears, instead of chasing her away from their…
The Tale of Grumpy Weasel
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Arthur Scott Bailey
From his Tuck-Me-In series, Arthur Scott Bailey wrote many "Tales" books about animals and birds to be read to children for bed-ti…
The Elements of Ornithology
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William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Ornithology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This…
Anecdotes of Dogs
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Edward Jesse
"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends." The character, sensibilities, and intellectual facu…
Bowser The Hound (Version 2)
Read by Keith Salis
Thornton W. Burgess
Bowser the hound is a great tracking dog. He doesn't fall for many tricks, but this time he did. Old Man Coyote leads him off on a wild chas…
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (Version 2)
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
Jerry Muskrat and his friends love their homes in the Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook. So when the Smiling Pool suddenly stops smiling, and …
It's Like This, Cat (Version 2)
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Emily Neville
This novel won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1964. This delightful story revolves around a 14 year o…
The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
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Arthur Scott Bailey
"All the four-footed folk in the neighborhood agreed that Dickie Deer Mouse was well worth knowing. Throughout Pleasant Valley there wa…
Sleeping Sickness
Read by Pamela Nagami
Fleming Mant Sandwith
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…
Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn yo…
'Tilda Jane's Orphans
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Marshall Saunders
When the story of 'Tilda Jane appeared serially in The Youth's Companion in 1901, the original manuscript was very much condensed. When the …
Dog Heroes of Many Lands
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Sarah Noble Ives
Dogs are great, everyone knows that. And they can be heroes, too! This book brings together eleven dogs from around the world who have prove…
Twinkle and Chubbins; Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland
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L. Frank Baum
Twinkle is a little girl who often finds herself caught up in fantastic adventures. Whether it be being put on trial by angry woodchucks, ra…
Johnny Crow's Garden
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Leslie Brooke
A beautifully illustrated children's picture book featuring Johnny Crow who made a garden in which a variety of animals do bizarre things in…
To a Dog
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John Jay Chapman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of To a Dog by John Jay Chapman, published in 1917. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Novem…