The Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories


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The eighth book in the Junior Classics Series is an anthology of collected animal and nature tales designed to appeal to the young and young at heart. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

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01 -Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub, W. T. Hornaday 5:11 Read by Lynne T
02 - Some True Stories, of Tigers, Wolves, Foxes, and Bears, W. H. G. Kingston 39:11 Read by Arnold
03 - Some Animal Friends in Africa, Bayard Taylor 18:30 Read by Sharon Kilmer
04 - My Fight with a Catamount, Allen French 40:30 Read by Tom Merritt
05 - In Canada with a Lynx, Roe L. Hendrick 24:55 Read by Tom Merritt
06 - Solomon's Grouch: The Story of a Bear, Franklin W. Calkins 26:10 Read by Arnold
07 - A Droll Fox-Trap, C. A. Stephens 23:56 Read by Arnold
08 - The Horse That Aroused the Town, Lillian M. Gask 11:01 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
09 - What Ginger Told Black Beauty, Anna Sewell 8:53 Read by Lynne T
10 - Some True Stories of Horses and Donkeys, W. H. G. Kingston 30:00 Read by Arnie Horton
11 - "Old Mustard": A Tale of the Western Pioneers, E. W. Frentz 9:16 Read by Sharon Kilmer
12 - Carlo, the Soldiers' Dog, Rush C. Hawkins 25:56 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
13 - A Brave Dog, Sir Samuel W. Baker 29:15 Read by Lee Smalley
14 - Uncle Dick's Rolf, Georgiana M. Craik 24:21 Read by Lee Smalley
15 - Scrap, Lucia Chamberlain 13:45 Read by Lynne T
16 - A Fire-Fighter's Dog, Arthur Quiller-Couch 7:02 Read by David Lawrence
17 - Plato: The Story of a Cat, A. S. Downs 15:46 Read by Sharon Kilmer
18 - Peter: A Cat O' One Tail, Charles Morley 42:49 Read by Lynne T
19 - Jeff the Inquisitive, Rush C. Hawkins 20:12 Read by Sheila Wood
20 - The Impudent Guinea-Pig, Charles F. Lummis 20:00 Read by Bill Mosley
21 - Hard to Hit, Ernest Ingersoll 6:29 Read by Lynne T
22 - That Sly Old Woodchuck, William O. Stoddard 25:56 Read by Greg Giordano
23 - The Faithful Little Lizard, W. Hill James 15:57 Read by Bill Mosley
24 - Toby the Wise, Rush C. Hawkins 18:36 Read by Melora
25 - Blackamoor, Ruth Landseer 28:19 Read by Melora
26 - A Parrot That Had Been Trained to Fire a Cannon,Sir Samuel W. Baker 9:21 Read by Chessie Joy
27 - The Sandpiper's Trick, Celia Thaxter 12:22 Read by Sharon Kilmer
28 - How Did the Canary Do It?, Celia Thaxter 15:52 Read by Sharon Kilmer
29 - A Runaway Whale, Capt. O. G. Fosdick 29:53 Read by readread
30 - Saved by a Seal, Theodore A. Cutting 30:23 Read by Lucretia Bell
31 - Old Muskie the Rogue, Levi T. Pennington 48:01 Read by Arnold
32 - Teaching Fish to Ring Bells, C. F. Holder 9:17 Read by Chessie Joy
33 - Marcus Aurelius, Octave Thanet 1:04:36 Read by readread
34 - Anna and the Rattler, Mrs. Cornell 30:31 Read by JamesMcAndrew
35 - The Butterfly's Children, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 24:37 Read by Sheila Wood
36 - The Dragon-Fly and the Water-Lily, Carl Ewald 23:40 Read by Sharon Kilmer
37 - Powder-Post, C. A. Stephens 17:30 Read by readread
38 - The Queen Bee, Carl Ewald 29:48 Read by Jacki Horn
39 - A Swarm of Wild Bees, Albert W. Tolman 29:03 Read by Arnold
40 - The Intelligence of Ants, Sir John Lubbock 32:18 Read by Tom Merritt
41 - The Katy-Did's Party, Harriet B. Stowe 26:14 Read by Sharon Kilmer
42 - The Beech and the Oak, Carl Ewald 30:42 Read by Sheila Wood
43 - The Oak and the Snail, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 15:58 Read by Sharon Kilmer
44 - The Story of a Stone, David Starr Jordan 23:41 Read by nomorejeffs
45 - How the Stone-Age Children Played, Charles C. Abbott 19:18 Read by Arnie Horton
46 - The Mist, Carl Ewald 23:12 Read by Greg Giordano
47 - The Anemones, Carl Ewald 23:04 Read by Greg Giordano
48 - The Weeds, Carl Ewald 21:27 Read by Greg Giordano
49 - Some Voices from the Kitchen Garden, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 41:36 Read by thestorygirl
50 - The Wind and the Flowers, Mrs. Alfred Gatty 33:41 Read by thestorygirl
51 - PHIL'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE ANIMALS 1:03 Read by Lynne T
52 - At Home With the Beavers, Lillian M. Gask 19:23 Read by Lynne T
53 - Two Enemies of the Beavers, Lillian M. Gask 41:21 Read by maryagneskatherine
54 - The Squirrel's Story, Lillian M. Gask 47:46 Read by Gertrude Durette
55 - A Den in the Rocks, Lillian M. Gask 37:43 Read by rookieblue
56 - Ships of the Desert, Lillian M. Gask 39:15 Read by rookieblue
57 - The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter 12:57 Read by Ann Boulais
58 - Lions and Tigers, Anonymous 19:54 Read by Greg Giordano
59 - Apes and Monkeys, Anonymous 4:50 Read by Lynne T
60 - The Hippopotamus and the Rhinoceros, Anonymous 9:49 Read by Kane
61 - The Giraffe, Anonymous 9:12 Read by Greg Giordano
62 - Parrots, Anonymous 12:22 Read by Kane
63 - Rab And His Friends, John Brown, M.D. 44:33 Read by Gabriela Cowan
64 - A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car, W.H.H. Murray 37:20 Read by Lynne T
65 - A-Hunting Of The Deer, Charles Dudley Warner 32:00 Read by Greg Giordano