Animals & Nature
The Strangest Things in the World
"THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD - A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature" This title sums up the wonderful line up…
Biography of a Grizzly
"The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end," as Ernest Thompson Seton said. This is the story of Metitsi Wahb, born a pl…
Popular Tales from the Norse
Popular Tales from the Norse invites listeners into a world of enchanting folklore, where ancient myths and legends come alive through the r…
Cat Tales
Cat Tales is the first of a series of kid-friendly collections of animal stories and non-fiction. There'll be one or two grade-school-level …
Our Cats and All About Them
The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…
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…
Trains at Work
This is a wonderful children's book about trains, specifically those exciting steam engines that covered our country in the early 1900's. I…
A Horse's Tale
Soldier Boy is the top steed at Fort Paxton. He is Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse and has led a life of glory and honor. One day General Alis…
Uncle Remus
Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the…
It's Like This, Cat
It's Like This, Cat follows the adventures of 14-year-old Dave, a boy navigating the complexities of adolescence in New York City. With his …
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
Old Mr. Toad decides to join the Chorus at the Smiling pool - with unexpected results. He encounters Buster Bear as well as the famous Pete…
The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse
This volume in the series, Sleepy-Time Tales, follows the adventures of Master Meadow Mouse as he moves his home to various (safer) places, …
Animals of the Past
Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally kn…
True Bear Stories
Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most o…
The Fir-Tree Fairy Book
In this volume, Clifton Johnson has compiled his favourite fairy tales. We hear a lot of animals, because fairy tales with animals in them a…
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't k…
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust
This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to …
On The Seashore
This gifted nature writer who is so good at describing animals and their habitat and habits here gives us a look at many of the fascinating …
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …
The Book of Nature Myths
The Book of Nature Myths invites listeners into a world where the natural elements come alive through the rich storytelling traditions of No…