Animals & Nature

Stories of Animal Sagacity

by William Henry Giles Kingston and W. H. G. Kingston Read by Allyson Hester 3.4
Stories of Animal Sagacity invites listeners into a whimsical world where animals display remarkable intelligence and cleverness. This colle…

Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

by Joel Chandler Harris Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
Uncle Remus' stories feature a trickster hero called Br'er Rabbit ("Brother" Rabbit), who uses his wits to slide out of trouble an…

Migration of Birds

by U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Read by Sue Anderson 4.8
Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast "60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 mi…

Northern Trails

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by Blair Niles and William Beebe Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Mushrooms and Toadstools

by Worthington George Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible and poisonous fungi found in Great Britain. Although the book is well ill…

Slovenly Betsy

by Heinrich Hoffmann Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…

Baby's Own Aesop

by Walter Crane Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.8
"Baby's Own Aesop" presents the fables as one-stanza limericks, each "pictorially pointed" by Walter Crane, the noted pa…

Queer Little Folks

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
A wonderful children's classic - a collection of moral stories told by animals in the woods. The wittily written stories explore various iss…

The Tale of Benny Badger

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 3.9
"Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won ed…

Selected Poems of John Clare

by John Clare Read by David Barnes 4.8
John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England's greatest nature po…

Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants

by Edward Saunders Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
An overview of bees and stinging insects - Summary by Larry Wilson

Dogs and All About Them

by Robert Leighton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets - as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of …

A Florida Sketch-Book

by Bradford Torrey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A Florida Sketch-Book invites listeners into the vibrant world of late-19th century Florida through the keen observations of naturalist Brad…

The Passenger Pigeon

by William B. Mershon Read by Maria Kasper 4.9
"For the last three years I have spent most of my leisure time in collecting as much material as possible which might help to throw lig…

Insect Stories

by Vernon Kellogg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…

That Pup

by Ellis Parker Butler Read by David Wales 4.1
When a crate unexpectedly arrives at Mr. Murchison's doorstep, he is in for a surprise: a lively puppy, unannounced and unordered, has come …

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

by James Otis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…

Six Little Ducklings

by Katharine Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Six little ducklings and their mom live in a hollow tree down by the river. Join them as the grow up by the water and learn more about thems…

My Doves

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven readings of My Doves, by Louisa May Alcott. This was the fortnightly poem for December 21, 2014 - Janua…

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