Animals & Nature
Bee Hunting
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John Ready Lockard
Many books on sports of various kinds have been written, but outside of an occasional article in periodicals devoted to bee literature, but …
The Jingle Book
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Carolyn Wells
A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children.
Northern Trails, Book 1
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William J. Long
"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the…
Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects
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Edward Saunders
An overview of bees and stinging insects - Summary by Larry Wilson
The Tale of Old Dog Spot
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Another book in the Sleepy Time series of Tuck Me In tales, this time we meet Old Dog Spot, who lives with Johnnie Green on his parents farm…
Little Tales of the Desert
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Ethel Twycross Foster
A six year-old girl named Mary spends Christmas vacation with her parents in the Arizona desert of 1901 or thereabouts. ( Summary by Bellona…
Northern Trails, Book 2
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William J. Long
The reader who follows these trails will find them leading into a new country, a land of space and silence where it is good to be, away up a…
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Another Tuck-Me-In book from Arthur Scott Bailey. This time still in Pleasant Valley, we find ourselves on the Green Farm where Johnnie got…
The Wishing-Stone Stories
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Thornton W. Burgess
“Tommy scuffed his bare, brown feet in the grass … A scowl, a deep, dark, heavy scowl, had chased all merriment from his round, freckled fac…
The Tale of Frisky Squirrel
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …
The Memoirs of a White Elephant
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Judith Gautier
"We are told by writers of antiquity that elephants have written sentences in Greek, and that one of them was even known to speak. Ther…
The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …
Midnight
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Rutherford G. Montgomery
This is an adventure story about a horse in the wild west. (Summary by Rocky Taylor)
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (version 2)
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Thornton W. Burgess
Old Mr. Toad decides to join the Chorus at the Smiling pool - with unexpected results. He encounters Buster Bear as well as the famous Pete…
Flower Stories
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Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
This volume contains stories, poems, and facts about lots of different flowers, intended for teaching children. It is divided into thirteen …
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm
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Laura Lee Hope
"Bunny! Bunny Brown! Where are you?" Bunny's mother stood on the front porch, looking first in the yard, then up and down the stre…
The Adventures of Tommy Postoffice, the True Story of a Cat
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Gabrielle E. Jackson
Peggy the cat lives in the post office at R., and she's just had a litter of kittens. However, instead of snuggling up with them in the box …
Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
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Arthur Young
Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…
The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North Am…
Stormy, Misty's Foal
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Marguerite Henry
Misty is a Chincoteague pony mare who is close to foaling, and the Beebe family is anxious about it. Unfortunately, a terrible storm system …