Animals & Nature
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
Lightfoot and his friends, Sammy Jay and Paddy Beaver, help each other through hunting season in the Green Forest. - Summary by Jude Somers
A Horse's Tale
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter's delightful stories come to life in this LibriVox recording of some of her most famous tales. This collection is extra speci…
Kayray's Storytime
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Various
A collection of my favorite short children's stories and rhymes. Each book can be found online at Gutenberg.org if you wish to look at the w…
Lad: A Dog
Read by Greg Giordano
Albert Payson Terhune
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…
Stickeen
Read by Sue Anderson
John Muir
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, …
Buster Bear's Twins
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thornton W. Burgess
Continuing the adventure of Buster Bear, we meet his twins, Boxer and Woof-Woof, from their first bath to misadventures with neighbors inclu…
The Bears of Blue River
Read by Tanica
Charles Major
This delightful story is the tale of young Balser Brent, who has a knack for running into bears. Usually the bears come out of the interacti…
The Jungle Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Rudyard Kipling
A story of a boy who raised by Indian wolves becomes lord of the jungle. (Summary by Jessie Yun)
Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers
Read by Laura Caldwell
John Burroughs
Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight in…
The Adventures of Reddy Fox
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thornton W. Burgess
This timeless story tells of an overconfident little fox who steals a plump pet hen and is hotly pursued by Farmer Brown's boy and Bowser th…
His Dog
Read by Roger Melin
Albert Payson Terhune
Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a j…
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
This is the story of Peter Rabbit, a mischievous, but cautious, lagomorph who lives in the Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit begins his adventures…
Happy Jack
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
Who would have thought dropping a nut would cause so much trouble? No sooner does Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel go scampering down the tree t…
The Natural History
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Pussy and Doggy Tales
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
E. Nesbit
Charming Tales about cats and dogs. (Summary by Elli)
Ways of Wood Folk
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William J. Long
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …
The Tiger
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Blake
LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…
The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Arthur Scott Bailey
The rats and the mice thought that Miss Kitty Cat was a terrible person. She was altogether too fond of hunting them. They agreed, however, …
The Gamekeeper at Home
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …