Animals & Nature
The Life of the Spider
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an auto…
Flower-Patch Among the Hills
After poor health forced Klickmann to move from London to the country, she began writing a series of sketches for The Girl's Own Paper and i…
The Sun's Babies
The Sun's Babies invites young listeners into a delightful world where nature comes alive through enchanting stories and poems. Authored by …
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
Stories about unusual interactions between animals and humans that reflect some attitudes to the wild in the mid-eighteen hundreds, includin…
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and …
Dragons of the Air
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…
Kittyboy's Christmas
Is Santa Claus real? Six year old Elinor thinks so as she sends her letter, and persuades her friend Bill to do likewise. On the other side …
Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox
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 second…
Shaggo, the Mighty Buffalo
This is a story on the circus animal series by Richard Barnum. Follow adventures of Shaggo, The Mighty Buffalo from prairie to circus life.…
History of Animals
(Greek: Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of …
Billy Whiskers at the Circus
What better place for a little goat to find adventures and mischief than a circus? What is an elephant's trunk anyway? But the circus can …
Mostly About Nibble the Bunny
Follow, “A Very Small Bunny Has a Very Big Adventure” as Nibble Rabbit romps through the clover patch and into the woods where he founds the…
Life At The Zoo
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. Opening in 1828, it was originally intended to be used as a collection for the scientific…
A Book of Whales
A Book of Whales is a natural history of whales for the layman. - Summary by A. Gramour
Tinkle, the Trick Pony
The Kneetime Animal Stories are charming children's stories about animals. The friends each have their own story, but make appearances in ot…
The Bear Family at Home
THE BEAR FAMILY AT HOME -And How the Circus Came to Visit ThemOnce a little cub bear was caught in a big log trap, and taken on a train to a…
Mappo, the Merry Monkey
Mappo lived in a tree in the jungle with his family. He is the oldest of his siblings, and very smart, which would explain why he has so ma…
More Jataka Tales
The continued success of the "Jataka Tales," as retold and published ten years ago, has led to this second and companion volume. W…
The Tale of Benny Badger
"Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won ed…
Love Me, Love My Dog
As unlikely as it seemed at first, three eleven-year-old girls, thrown together by circumstance, become inseparable friends who call themsel…