Animals & Nature
Little Bear
Join a nameless little bear on a charming adventure as he embarks on a quest to find his identity. In a world where names are scarce, this d…
Around The Campfire
Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods
Join Uncle Wiggily, the charming old rabbit, as he embarks on delightful adventures in the woods. In this enchanting collection of stories, …
Round About a Great Estate
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…
The Song of the Cardinal
The Song of the Cardinal is about a big male Cardinal who lives in a tree near a farmer and his wife. The Cardinal immediately starts to sin…
The Natural History of Selborne
The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of…
Billy Whiskers, the Autobiography of a Goat
This delightful children's story can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike! A mischievous goat, Billy Whiskers, gets into trouble so often tha…
Stickeen
A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
In 1898, during the construction of river-crossing bridge for the Uganda Railway at the Tsavo River, as many as 135 railway workers were att…
The Story of Wool
Join Mr. Clark and his young companion Donald as they embark on an enlightening journey to Crescent Ranch in Idaho, where they immerse thems…
Bruce
Albert Payson Terhune was a journalist but is probably best known as a breeder of dogs, in particular collies at his Sunnybank Kennels. Bruc…
Finn The Wolfhound
Dawson published over thirty books, the one best remembered today probably being the animal adventure story Finn the Wolfhound (1908)…. Hi…
The Land of Little Rain
The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into t…
Black Beauty
Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir o…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
John Dolittle, M. D., was once a famous doctor. But then he learned to talk Animal-Language, picked up several interesting pets, and gradual…
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh is a timeless classic that the world's children have listened to for nearly a hundred years. It tells the tales of a young b…
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined …
Wild Animals I Have Known
A BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA...
Ernest Thompson Seton was an influential naturalist, and a sometime professional hunter and trapper. Much of…
It's Like This, Cat
1964 Newbery Medal winner, It's Like This, Cat is the story of a young man, Dave Mitchell, and how he grew to maturity, helped along indirec…
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period…