Animals and Nature

A Child's Book of the Garden: The Things in Our Garden

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books for Children" series (three books). The book is fun and charming, even for adults.

Freckles

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:25:29 +0000

Freckles is a young man who has been raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage. His one dream is to find a job, a place to belong and people who accept him despite his youth and the disability of having only one hand. He finds this place in the Limberlost Swamp, as a Limberlost guard of precious timber.

Secrets of the Woods

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 20:30:47 +0000

Containing many details of the lives of animals that you may never have known of before, these wilderness stories are great listening for young and old.

Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:35:16 +0000

The Wibblewobble family of ducks appears in a series of 31 bedtime stories - one for each day of the month. Each story is an adventure featuring the ducks and their neighbors, including Uncle Wiggily Longears, the famous old gentleman rabbit with rheumatism.

Beautiful Joe

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:25:44 +0000

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, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. He was rescued from him, and now lives in a happy home with pleasant surroundings, and enjoys a wide local celebrity.

South American Jungle

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga met on his farm in Misiones, a region of jungle in Uruguay along the banks of the Upper Parana River. Each story quickly evolves into a fantastical realm where the various animals take on familiar human characteristics. These stories, of course, are a metaphor for how man interacts with nature. They show how human beings are an integral part of a greater ecosystem; and can either chose to exploit it to his detriment, or to live in harmony within it.

True Bear Stories

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

The author, Joaquin Miller prefer true stories to made-up ones. He defends bears which he thinks have gotten an undeserved bad reputation from the general public. This book strives to pass on a respect for the variety and wisdom in the lives of real bears.

Pond and Stream