Animals & Nature
Constructive Beekeeping
Read by Vann Lantz
Ed Clark
The author explores the effects of condensation and evaporation as they relate to the success of a beehive. The results of various experimen…
Peace On Earth, Good-Will to Dogs
Read by Allyson Hester
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs, I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn y…
Dogs and All About Them
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Robert Leighton
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 …
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
Read by Betsie Bush
Waldemar Bonsels
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is an exciting tale for children of all ages. Themes of growth and development of courage and wisdom are foun…
Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading)
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Rudyard Kipling
The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of h…
Beautiful Joe
Read by Allyson Hester
Marshall Saunders
Beautiful Joe is a real dog, and "Beautiful Joe" is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master…
My Doggie and I
Read by Allyson Hester
R. M. Ballantyne
This story surrounds a child waif, a young woman, a young gentleman doctor, and an elderly lady. This tale unfolds the story of a bond that …
The Blue Cat of Castle Town
Read by Peter Eastman
Catherine Cate Coblentz
"The mother cat had been quite upset when she first saw the blue kitten. She had looked fearfully then toward the river. For, like all …
White Dandy: A Horse's Story
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Velma Caldwell Melville
This book is written from the horse's point of view, much as Black Beauty was. Indeed, it is intended to be a companion book to Black Beaut…
Our Cats and All About Them
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Harrison Weir
The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…
Summer in a Garden and Calvin, A Study of Character
Read by Mark Penfold
Charles Dudley Warner
This is Warner's contemplative and humorous account of the wondrous and mysterious workings of a garden he tended for 19 weeks. After this i…
The Bird Study Book
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Thomas Gilbert Pearson
Do you enjoy bird watching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservation efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface…
Rootabaga Stories
Read by Betsie Bush
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…
Tale of Buster Bumblebee
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Buster Bumblebee and his family move into a new home. Excitement and buzzing abound. Buster meet a strange fellow called a carpenter bee, wa…
A Little Brother to the Bear
Read by Maggie Travers
William J. Long
William J. Long again introduces us to some of the Wood Folk and their stories of living based on his own observations in the woods. In this…
The Tale of Henrietta Hen
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Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Henrietta Hen is a cute children's book filled with the adventures of a hen named Henrietta. (Summary by SarahParshall)
Hunting In Many Lands
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Theodore Roosevelt
The first volume published by the Boone and Crockett Club, entitled "American Big Game Hunting," confined itself to sport on the A…
Zanzibar Tales
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George W. Bateman
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…
The Gorilla Hunters
Read by Adele de Pignerolles
R. M. Ballantyne
Ralph Rover is happily at home from his adventure on The Coral Island and wondering if he should settle down when he receives a visit from a…
Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales
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Variousandcarl Van Vechten
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stor…