Animals & Nature
Billy Mink
“The stranger and the unknown must be always looked on with distrust.” -- Billy MinkThe Green Forest and the Smiling Pool are full of adven…
Among the Farmyard People
Among the Farmyard People invites young listeners into the charming world of farm life, where a delightful cast of animals share their stori…
Among the Pond People
Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series ex…
Kazan
Kazan (sometimes published with the subtitle The Wolf Dog) is a once very popular novel by environmentalist and author James Oliver Curwood.…
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. More serious than som…
Tommy and the Wishing Stone
This is the story about Tommy and how he came to better understand the animals around him. Tommy has a favourite stone that he likes to sit …
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories by Saki, a master of wit and irony. Set against the backdrop of Edwardian England, …
The Adventures of Prickly Porky
There's a mystery that's scaring folks on the hill where Prickly Porky the Porcupine lives. What could this strange creature be without head…
Nomads of the North
An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spit…
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the mead…
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"…
The Black Fawn
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…
Tales of the Fish Patrol
Wildest among the fisher-folk may be accounted the Chinese shrimp-catchers. It is the habit of the shrimp to crawl along the bottom in vast …
Ways of Wood Folk
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North Am…
The Dragon Of Wantley
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press…
SHAT
In a post-plague world where plants have suffered as much as animals, a colony of human survivors has gathered in a fortified former-luxury …
The Secret of Everyday Things
The Secret of Everyday Things invites listeners into the fascinating world of nature through the eyes of renowned French naturalist Jean-Hen…
The Wind in the Willows
This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure … and as adventure pursues them!…
My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon invites listeners into a whimsical world where adventure awaits at every turn. Young Elmer Elevator embarks on a daring q…