Animals & Nature
The Adventures of Old Man Coyote (version 2)
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Thornton W. Burgess
Join the animals of the Green Forest as they try to outsmart a trickster newcomer. Can they outfox him? (Summary by Victoria Bell)
Bonnie Prince Fetlar: The Story of a Pony and His Friends
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Marshall Saunders
Soon after his arrival to the lovely, cool summer escape of Devering Farm, Bonnie Prince Fetlar knows his new home will be a good one. Set i…
Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel
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Ernest Thompson Seton
A baby squirrel is adopted by a farm cat after his mother is killed, but when he is half-grown the barn which is his home catches fire. He f…
The Alley Cat’s Kitten
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Caroline Fuller
"The Alley Cat took no pride in her own appearance. Indeed, it had been said when she was born that her mother, the blooded tortoise-sh…
The Adventures of a Bear, and a Great Bear Too
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Alfred Elwes
This is the second book in this series of three which include The Adventures of a Dog and of a Cat. British author and philologist, Alfred…
Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)
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Howard R. Garis
"Once upon a time, not so very many years ago, there were two little frog boys who lived in a little pond near a nice big farm. It wasn…
Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
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Henry Christopher Mccook
The Brownies of the Mansion at Hillside are under siege from Pixie forces. The Pixies, whose treacherous weavings mimic those of our own use…
How Animals Talk: And Other Pleasant Studies of Birds and Beasts
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William J. Long
Hear about different animals and their various ways of communicating among themselves and with others! Features dogs, deer, beavers, and ma…
Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 2
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Anna Botsford Comstock
A timeless reference book for children and teachers on studying natural history and the natural world. This recording covers Part II - Anima…
The Jay Bird Who Went Tame
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John Breck
The Jay Bird Who Went Tame is a children's story about different animals from the nature relating with humans in a rural environment. (Summa…
Dido, the Dancing Bear: His Many Adventures
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Richard Barnum
One of the Kneetime Animal Stories for children, Dido the Dancing Bear may seem unethical today, but when it was written in 1916, such spect…
The American Beaver and His Works
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Lewis Henry Morgan
A comprehensive study of the behavior of the American beaver, based on the author's first-hand observations. - Summary by Joanne Turner
Fuzzy Wuzz - A Little Brown Bear of the Sierras
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Allen Chaffee
"A LITTLE brown bear, no bigger than a house cat, that the Ranger found near drowning, is brought up with the orphaned fawn his childre…
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Henry Salt
In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years.The book also argues against vi…
Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book
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David Cory
Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Puss in Boots, Jr., Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happ…
The Romance of the Animal World
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Edmund Selous
A description of the animal world, from the smallest protozoa all the way to man eating tigers!
Puss in Boots, Jr., in New Mother Goose Land
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David Cory
Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Littl…
Little Jack Rabbit and Professor Crow
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David Cory
Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Littl…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
Book of Monsters
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David Fairchild and Marian Fairchild
“Book of Monsters” by David and Marian Fairchild was published in 1914. Riveting descriptions of spiders and insects, from the perspective o…