Animals & Nature
Mrs. Peter Rabbit
A wonderful book in which we meet the lucky little bunny who becomes Mrs. Peter Rabbit! This is one of many delightful animal books written …
Bowser the Hound
Old Man Coyote craftily leads Bowser the hound away from home, and Bowser gets lost. Will Bowser find his way back to Farmer Brown's? Will R…
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Join Doctor Dolittle, a remarkable veterinarian with the unique ability to speak to animals, as he embarks on an adventurous journey to Sout…
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…
Mother West Wind's Children
"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Gree…
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
Lightfoot and his friends, Sammy Jay and Paddy Beaver, help each other through hunting season in the Green Forest. - Summary by Jude Somers
Happy Jack
The adventures and perils of Happy Jack the Squirrel in the Green Forest, co-starring Happy Jack's cousins Chatterer the Red Squirrel and St…
Little Joe Otter
“Folks aren’t so sure about you when You spring surprises now and then.” Little Joe Otter.Join Little Joe Otter and Peter Rabbit in their a…
Old Mother West Wind
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of natu…
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad is another in the long line of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, we foll…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
In a world where animals can talk, Doctor Dolittle embarks on an extraordinary journey that transforms his life and the lives of those aroun…
Billy Mink
“The stranger and the unknown must be always looked on with distrust.” -- Billy MinkThe Green Forest and the Smiling Pool are full of adven…
Penrod
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…
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…
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. More serious than som…
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 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…
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…
Just So Stories
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
The Bears of Blue River
This delightful story is the tale of young Balser Brent, who has a knack for running into bears. Usually the bears come out of the interacti…