Animals & Nature

Insect Stories

by Vernon Kellogg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…

Generation of Animals

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.3
Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…

Slovenly Betsy

by Heinrich Hoffmann Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…

A Florida Sketch-Book

by Bradford Torrey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A Florida Sketch-Book invites listeners into the vibrant world of late-19th century Florida through the keen observations of naturalist Brad…

Wild Animals At Home

by Ernest Thompson Seton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton shares anecdotes of wild animals that he encountered in Yellowstone Park. "I have aimed to show s…

Six Little Ducklings

by Katharine Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Six little ducklings and their mom live in a hollow tree down by the river. Join them as the grow up by the water and learn more about thems…

The Dogs Of Boytown

by Walter Alden Dyer Read by David Wales 4.6
This collection of stories about dogs and the people they own was published in 1918. The story proceeds leisurely with much information abou…

Storie di Fiori

by Silvia Cecchini Read by Silvia Cecchini 4
This book is written and narrated in Italian. Attraverso 39 storie di fate, spiriti di natura, e bambini, i Fiori di Bach vengono raccontati…

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

by James Otis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…

The Passenger Pigeon

by William B. Mershon Read by Maria Kasper 4.9
"For the last three years I have spent most of my leisure time in collecting as much material as possible which might help to throw lig…

The Elements of Mammalogy

by William Ruschenberger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…

Northern Trails

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the…

Zanzibar Tales

by George W. Bateman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…

The American Book of the Dog

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884) which firmly …

Careers of Danger and Daring

by Cleveland Moffett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

The Tale of Daddy Long Legs

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 4.1
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was author of more than forty children's books. He was born on November 15, 1877, in St. Albans, Vermont, …

Wilderness Ways

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us into the secret worlds of woodland animals in this, his second, fascinating bo…

The Book of the Cat

by Mabel Humphrey Read by Foon 4.7
Stories of kittens and cats who have a variety of adventures. This book is aimed at children, but adults (especially those who love cats!) w…

The Old Man and the Ass

by Jean de la Fontaine Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Old Man and the Ass by Jean de La Fontaine. (There was no translator acknowledged in the t…

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…

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