Animals & Nature
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the mead…
Tommy and the Wishing Stone
This is the story about Tommy and how he came to better understand the animals around him. Tommy has a favourite stone that he likes to sit …
The Adventures of Prickly Porky
There's a mystery that's scaring folks on the hill where Prickly Porky the Porcupine lives. What could this strange creature be without head…
The Black Fawn
Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was…
Alcatraz
Alcatraz tells the captivating tale of a wild horse, renowned for its untamable spirit, and the determined man who dares to challenge its re…
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories by Saki, a master of wit and irony. Set against the backdrop of Edwardian England, …
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
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…
Nomads of the North
An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spit…
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
These are some of the wonderful little stories about animals written by Beatrix Potter. The disobedient little Peter who sneaks where he sh…
Among the Pond People
Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series ex…
The Wind in the Willows
This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues the…
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
This is the story of Peter Rabbit, a mischievous, but cautious, lagomorph who lives in the Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit begins his adventures…
Tales of the Fish Patrol
Wildest among the fisher-folk may be accounted the Chinese shrimp-catchers. It is the habit of the shrimp to crawl along the bottom in vast …
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
This is the original book about the amazing Dr. Dolittle who "Besides the gold-fish in the pond at the bottom of his garden, he had rab…
Ways of Wood Folk
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …
The Wolf Hunters
Follow Roderick and his friends Wabi and Mukoki on their adventures in the pristine North. They fight voracious wolves, hostile natives, and…
The Dragon Of Wantley
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press…
Uncle Wiggily on the Farm
Uncle Wiggily is not feeling very well and Dr. Possum suggests a unique treatment. He tells Uncle Wiggily that he needs to get out in the co…
Wild Animals I Have Known
Wild Animals I Have Known is an 1898 book by naturalist and author Ernest Thompson Seton. The first entry in a new genre of realistic wild-a…
The Secret of Everyday Things
The Secret of Everyday Things invites listeners into the fascinating world of nature through the eyes of renowned French naturalist Jean-Hen…