Animals & Nature

The Life of the Spider

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.4
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an auto…

Bashan And I

by Thomas Mann Read by David Wales 3.5
Simple and unpretentious as a statement by Francis d’Assisi, yet full of a gentle modern sophistication and humour, this little work will br…

The Tale of Benny Badger

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 3.9
"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…

More Jataka Tales

by Ellen C. Babbitt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The continued success of the "Jataka Tales," as retold and published ten years ago, has led to this second and companion volume. W…

The Bee People

by Margaret Warner Morley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
"The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots" Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, …

The Book of Cats

by Charles Henry Ross Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: t…

Beautiful Birds

by Edmund Selous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In this volume, Edmund Selous explains the beauty of birds to children. We meet some of the most beautiful birds in the world, and learn abo…

The Kitten's Garden of Verses

by Oliver Herford Read by Rachel 4.6
The Kitten's Garden of Verses is a book of short poetry, modeled after Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. Of course, the p…

The Giraffe Hunters

by Thomas Mayne Reid Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Young Yägers, Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot Willem and Arend Van Wyk, are again on a hunting expedition. This time, the reader…

The Curious Book of Birds

by Abbie Farwell Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
Now the interesting facts about birds we have always with us. We can find them out for ourselves, which is a very pleasant thing to do, or w…

The Tale of Three Lions

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Kristine Bekere 3.8
Taking place in the heart of Africa, “The Tale of Three Lions” is one more thrilling adventure from the eventful life of old hunter Quaterma…

The Sun's Babies

by Edith Howes Read by Laura Victoria 4.5
The Sun's Babies invites young listeners into a delightful world where nature comes alive through enchanting stories and poems. Authored by …

The Tale of Kiddie Katydid

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
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 …

The Retired Cat

by William Cowper Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century na…

The Train Dogs

by E. Pauline Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Train Dogs by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 6th, 20…

Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

by Jean de la Fontaine Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks brings to life the enchanting world of Jean de la Fontaine's timeless fables, skillfully translated into En…

Selected Public Domain Poems

by John Masefield Read by Liam Neely 5
Selected Public Domain Poems showcases the maritime and philosophical themes that define the work of John Masefield, a celebrated English po…

The Book of Clever Beasts

by Myrtle Reed Read by Daryl Wor 3.9
A humorous book, hitting off the many writers who have returned to nature and made intimate friends in the Animal World. The author describe…

Baby's Own Aesop

by Walter Crane Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.8
"Baby's Own Aesop" presents the fables as one-stanza limericks, each "pictorially pointed" by Walter Crane, the noted pa…

Best Dog Stories

by Booth Tarkington Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
A collection of adult stories - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Some of these selections contain violence an…

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