Animals & Nature
Dragons of the Air
Read by Jeffery
Harry Seeley
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…
Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk
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David Cory
David Cory is the author of over 50 children's book including the Little Jack Rabbit series and the Puss-in-Boots series. This is the fourth…
Don, a Runaway Dog: His Many Adventures
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
Richard Barnum
Don was one of five little puppies. With his brothers and sisters he cuddled up close to Mrs. Gurr, the mother dog, to keep warm, for it was…
The Tale of Jasper Jay
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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 …
Black Beauty (version 4)
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Anna Sewell
Black Beauty follows the life of a young foal from his early days in the countryside onwards. As he is bought and sold, Black Beauty is expo…
The Training of Wild Animals
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Frank Charles Bostock
Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment …
Toodle and Noodle Flat-tail: The Jolly Beaver Boys
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Howard R. Garis
Toodle and Noodle, the rambunctious young beaver boys take center stage in this book about their adventures. Fun, excitement and a bit of m…
Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox
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David Cory
David Cory is the author of over 50 children's book including the Little Jack Rabbit series and the Puss-in-Boots series. These Billy Bunny …
My Comforter
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William James Mcglothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of My Comforter by anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 25, 2012.
Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking
Read by Curt Walton
Edmund Bert
An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good …
Pussy Black-Face: The Story of a Kitten and Her Friends
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Marshall Saunders
"My name is Pussy Black-Face, and I am a naughty young kitten. I wish I were good like my mother. She is the best cat that I ever saw. …
The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver (Version 2)
Read by Laurie Banza
Thornton W. Burgess
When Paddy the Beaver moves into the Green Forest and wants to build his home, he never quite expected it would cause so much commotion! Bei…
Bunny Brothers
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Jacqueline Clayton
Pinkie is one of a whole bunch of bunny brothers and sisters. Their mother, Mrs. Bunny, is a busy woman and often exasperated with the exub…
Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel
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Richard Barnum
The Squirrel family lived half-way up a tall tree in their cozy little home, lined with soft, dried leaves and white, fluffy cotton. Slicko…
The Elements of Conchology
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William Ruschenberger
The fifth of the Series of First Books of Natural History, embraces that branch of our subject which treats of the Mollusca, or soft animals…
The Early Cave-Men
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Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
The People Who Wanted To Live in Caves. This little book takes us back to the time when our ancestors lived, or wanted to live, in caves. Un…
Wildwood Ways
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a journey among the wild woods and ponds alerting us to their many inhabitants. He points…
Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty
Read by Jeffery
Stephen Coleridge
Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological…
Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin
Read by Annise
Hans Aanrud
Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the stor…
How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail
Read by DavidG
Albert Bigelow Paine
A small selection of children's stories from the Hollow Tree Stories series - Summary by David Gore