Animals & Nature
Blackie, A Lost Cat
Blackie is a coal black cat who lives with two children and their parents. One day she is led astray by a neighboring cat and decides to go…
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't k…
Black Beauty
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…
Biography of a Grizzly
"The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end," as Ernest Thompson Seton said. This is the story of Metitsi Wahb, born a pl…
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
Another Tuck-Me-In book from Arthur Scott Bailey. This time still in Pleasant Valley, we find ourselves on the Green Farm where Johnnie got…
Uncle Wiggily's Adventures
Due to Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism being so very bad, Dr. Possum prescribes a journey to help him move around, have a change of air, and a go…
Hunting In Many Lands
The first volume published by the Boone and Crockett Club, entitled "American Big Game Hunting," confined itself to sport on the A…
Bumper the White Rabbit
All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind…
A Year with the Birds
William Warde Fowler was a true polymath; although his early studies focused on natural history, he became a well-known authority on the his…
The Journal of a Disappointed Man
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications …
Lords of the Housetops
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stor…
Bobby Gray Squirrel's Adventures
In this sixth volume of the Twilight Animal series, we read about the adventures of Bobby the Gray Squirrel, who (together with his friends …
True Stories about Pets
Everyone who has pets can tell great stories about them. This volume collects 15 stories for children about pets: not only cats and dogs, bu…
Toto's Merry Winter
Over a cold winter, Toto and several animal friends (who can talk!) spend cozy evenings by the fire listening to his grandmother tell fantas…
The Tale of Billy Woodchuck
This collection of short stories is about the amusing adventures of Billy Woodchuck and the other animals he encounters around Pleasant Vall…
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor John Dolittle is an animal doctor and famous naturalist whose success hinges on his ability to speak the languages of many different …
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up…
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels
"When Johnnie Green sent him along the road at a trot, Twinkleheels' tiny feet moved so fast that you could scarcely have told one from…
The Tale of Freddie Firefly
He was able to draw a deep breath again as they reached the field of red clover, where Peppery Polly Bumblebee settled quickly upon a clover…
The Tale of Rusty Wren
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 …