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"The Talk of Animals"
Read by Hannah Lin
Various
In Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Chapter 2
Read by KevinS
Walter R. Brooks
In To and Again
Older readers will enjoy this book for its portrait of a simpler time, one of magic and modest adventure. Children will enjoy being introduc…
Preface
Read by Elijah Fisher
Sara Jane Lippincott
In History of My Pets
A collection of stories about the various pets the author had during her childhood. In this revised addition, the author also added some sto…
Part 1
Read by Sue Anderson
John Muir
In 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, …
Characteristics of Different Animals
Read by Nicola Jablow
Frank Charles Bostock
In The Training of Wild Animals
Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment …
A Bit of Advice
Read by Rachel
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
"All the four-footed folk in the neighborhood agreed that Dickie Deer Mouse was well worth knowing. Throughout Pleasant Valley there wa…
Preface To the Grown-ups
Read by Larry Wilson
David Cory
In Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book
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…
Introduction
Read by Jonathon Kirk
David Fairchild and Marian Fairchild
In Book of Monsters
“Book of Monsters” by David and Marian Fairchild was published in 1914. Riveting descriptions of spiders and insects, from the perspective o…
Domestic Animals
Read by ChadH94
Unknown
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 036
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 036: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Preface
Read by Amy Gramour
Carl Van Vechten
In Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stor…
13 - Afterword
Read by Greg Giordano
Albert Payson Terhune
In Lad: A Dog
Lad: A Dog is a 1919 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by E. P. Dutton. Composed of twelve short stories first p…
Introduction
Read by Charles Bolton
A. A. Milne
In The House at Pooh Corner
The concluding ten chapters to the much beloved chronicles of Winnie the Pooh and friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. - Summary by aquio
Wood Folk at School
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William J. Long
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without thi…
The Case of Wild Animals
Read by LucieLutin
Henry Salt
In Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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…
To The Reader
Read by Silas Jackson
G. A. Henty
In Those Other Animals
G.A. Henty offers a clever and witty perspective on different animal species, especially focusing on over-looked or under-appreciated specie…
Chapter 2
Read by Patrice DeHart
Laura Rountree Smith
In The Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail
Little Bunny Cotton-tail is a very naughty bunny. He runs away, he won't go to school, and he keeps nibbling on Farmer Jones' cabbage! Mothe…
Forward
Read by Misikis
Ernest Thompson Seton
In Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel
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 Meeting
Read by BettyB
Edmund Selous
In Tommy Smith's Animals
Tommy Smith is a wicked little boy, who would harm animals for sport. He would catch them if he could, throw stones if he could not, and gen…
Story-Telling
Read by Kurt
David Cory
In Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is the one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Pus…
The Living Animals of the World, Volume 1: Mammals
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
The Living Animals of the Natural World, subtitled "a popular Natural History", proposed to present the most updated version of th…