Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories

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English · 1912 · 14h 48m · Animals & Nature, Children's Fiction, Anthologies

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Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories gathers tales about animals and the natural world for young readers. As the eighth volume in the Junior Classics series, it offers an anthology rather than a single continuous story.

Its varied pieces make this a collection to dip into, with animal and nature subjects at the center. The volume is suited to listeners looking for classic stories for children and a change of scene from chapter to chapter.

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01 -Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub, W. T. Hornaday 5:11 Read by Lynne T
02 - Some True Stories, of Tigers, Wolves, Foxes, and Bears, W. H. G. Kingston 39:11 Read by Arnold
03 - Some Animal Friends in Africa, Bayard Taylor 18:30 Read by Sharon Kilmer
04 - My Fight with a Catamount, Allen French 40:30 Read by Tom Merritt
05 - In Canada with a Lynx, Roe L. Hendrick 24:55 Read by Tom Merritt
06 - Solomon's Grouch: The Story of a Bear, Franklin W. Calkins 26:10 Read by Arnold
07 - A Droll Fox-Trap, C. A. Stephens 23:56 Read by Arnold
08 - The Horse That Aroused the Town, Lillian M. Gask 11:01 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
09 - What Ginger Told Black Beauty, Anna Sewell 8:53 Read by Lynne T
10 - Some True Stories of Horses and Donkeys, W. H. G. Kingston 30:00 Read by Arnie Horton
11 - "Old Mustard": A Tale of the Western Pioneers, E. W. Frentz 9:16 Read by Sharon Kilmer
12 - Carlo, the Soldiers' Dog, Rush C. Hawkins 25:56 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
13 - A Brave Dog, Sir Samuel W. Baker 29:15 Read by Lee Smalley
14 - Uncle Dick's Rolf, Georgiana M. Craik 24:21 Read by Lee Smalley
15 - Scrap, Lucia Chamberlain 13:45 Read by Lynne T
16 - A Fire-Fighter's Dog, Arthur Quiller-Couch 7:02 Read by David Lawrence
17 - Plato: The Story of a Cat, A. S. Downs 15:46 Read by Sharon Kilmer
18 - Peter: A Cat O' One Tail, Charles Morley 42:49 Read by Lynne T
19 - Jeff the Inquisitive, Rush C. Hawkins 20:12 Read by Sheila Wood
20 - The Impudent Guinea-Pig, Charles F. Lummis 20:00 Read by Bill Mosley
21 - Hard to Hit, Ernest Ingersoll 6:29 Read by Lynne T
22 - That Sly Old Woodchuck, William O. Stoddard 25:56 Read by Greg Giordano
23 - The Faithful Little Lizard, W. Hill James 15:57 Read by Bill Mosley
24 - Toby the Wise, Rush C. Hawkins 18:36 Read by Melora
25 - Blackamoor, Ruth Landseer 28:19 Read by Melora
26 - A Parrot That Had Been Trained to Fire a Cannon,Sir Samuel W. Baker 9:21 Read by Chessie Joy
27 - The Sandpiper's Trick, Celia Thaxter 12:22 Read by Sharon Kilmer
28 - How Did the Canary Do It?, Celia Thaxter 15:52 Read by Sharon Kilmer
29 - A Runaway Whale, Capt. O. G. Fosdick 29:53 Read by readread
30 - Saved by a Seal, Theodore A. Cutting 30:23 Read by Lucretia Bell
31 - Old Muskie the Rogue, Levi T. Pennington 48:01 Read by Arnold
32 - Teaching Fish to Ring Bells, C. F. Holder 9:17 Read by Chessie Joy
33 - Marcus Aurelius, Octave Thanet 1:04:36 Read by readread
34 - Anna and the Rattler, Mrs. Cornell 30:31 Read by JamesMcAndrew
35 - The Butterfly's Children, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 24:37 Read by Sheila Wood
36 - The Dragon-Fly and the Water-Lily, Carl Ewald 23:40 Read by Sharon Kilmer
37 - Powder-Post, C. A. Stephens 17:30 Read by readread
38 - The Queen Bee, Carl Ewald 29:48 Read by Jacki Horn
39 - A Swarm of Wild Bees, Albert W. Tolman 29:03 Read by Arnold
40 - The Intelligence of Ants, Sir John Lubbock 32:18 Read by Tom Merritt
41 - The Katy-Did's Party, Harriet B. Stowe 26:14 Read by Sharon Kilmer
42 - The Beech and the Oak, Carl Ewald 30:42 Read by Sheila Wood
43 - The Oak and the Snail, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 15:58 Read by Sharon Kilmer
44 - The Story of a Stone, David Starr Jordan 23:41 Read by nomorejeffs
45 - How the Stone-Age Children Played, Charles C. Abbott 19:18 Read by Arnie Horton
46 - The Mist, Carl Ewald 23:12 Read by Greg Giordano
47 - The Anemones, Carl Ewald 23:04 Read by Greg Giordano
48 - The Weeds, Carl Ewald 21:27 Read by Greg Giordano
49 - Some Voices from the Kitchen Garden, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 41:36 Read by thestorygirl
50 - The Wind and the Flowers, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 33:41 Read by thestorygirl
51 - PHIL'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE ANIMALS 1:03 Read by Lynne T
52 - At Home With the Beavers, Lillian M. Gask 19:23 Read by Lynne T
53 - Two Enemies of the Beavers, Lillian M. Gask 41:21 Read by maryagneskatherine
54 - The Squirrel's Story, Lillian M. Gask 47:46 Read by Gertrude Durette
55 - A Den in the Rocks, Lillian M. Gask 37:43 Read by rookieblue
56 - Ships of the Desert, Lillian M. Gask 39:15 Read by rookieblue
57 - The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter 12:57 Read by Ann Boulais
58 - Lions and Tigers, Anonymous 19:54 Read by Greg Giordano
59 - Apes and Monkeys, Anonymous 4:50 Read by Lynne T
60 - The Hippopotamus and the Rhinoceros, Anonymous 9:49 Read by Kane
61 - The Giraffe, Anonymous 9:12 Read by Greg Giordano
62 - Parrots, Anonymous 12:22 Read by Kane
63 - Rab And His Friends, John Brown, M.D. 44:33 Read by Gabriela Cowan
64 - A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car, W.H.H. Murray 37:20 Read by Lynne T
65 - A-Hunting Of The Deer, Charles Dudley Warner 32:00 Read by Greg Giordano