The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patten, William, 1868-1936

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories" by William Patten is a collection of engaging animal and nature tales likely compiled in the early 20th century. This anthology features a variety of short stories that revolve around the adventures of animals, exploring themes of friendship, bravery, and the relationship between humans and the animal kingdom. The stories not only entertain but also convey moral lessons, making them suitable for young readers. At the start of this volume, the reader is introduced to a charming tale about Little Cyclone, a spirited grizzly cub from Alaska who exhibits remarkable resilience after losing his mother. Captured by humans, he faces mistreatment but eventually finds refuge with the Zoological Society, highlighting themes of perseverance and survival. Following Cyclone's story are quick glimpses into various real and fictional animal narratives, including true accounts of tigers, clever foxes, and amiable horses, along with more whimsical tales featuring a bear named Solomon and his antics. This opening section effectively sets the stage for an entertaining and educational reading experience that showcases the wonders of both wildlife and nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub, by Hornaday

Some True Stories of Tigers, Wolves, Foxes, and Bears, by Kingston

Some Animal Friends in Africa, by Taylor

My Fight with a Catamount, by French

In Canada with a Lynx, by Hendrick

Solomon's Grouch: The Story of a Bear, by Calkins

A Droll Fox-Trap, by Stephens

The Horse That Aroused the Town, by Gask

What Ginger Told Black Beauty, by Sewell

Some True Stories of Horses and Donkeys, by Kingston

"Old Mustard": A Tale of the Western Pioneers, by Frentz

Carlo, the Soldiers' Dog, by Hawkins

A Brave Dog, by Baker

Uncle Dick's Rolf, by Craik

Scrap, by Chamberlain

A Fire-Fighter's Dog, by Quiller-Couch

Plato: The Story of a Cat, by Downs

Peter: A Cat O' One Tail, by Morley

Jeff the Inquisitive, by Hawkins

The Impudent Guinea-Pig, by Lummis

Hard to Hit, by Ingersoll

That Sly Old Woodchuck, by Stoddard

The Faithful Little Lizard, by James

Toby the Wise, by Hawkins

Blackamoor, by Landseer

A Parrot That Had Been Trained to Fire a Cannon, by Baker

The Sandpiper's Trick, by Thaxter

How Did the Canary Do It?, by Thaxter

A Runaway Whale, by Fosdick

Saved by a Seal, by Cutting

Old Muskie the Rogue, by Pennington

Teaching Fish to Ring Bells, by Holder

Marcus Aurelius, by Thanet

Anna and the Rattler, by Cornell

The Butterfly's Children, by Gatty

The Dragon-Fly and the Water-Lily, by Ewald

Powder-Post, by Stephens

The Queen Bee, by Ewald

A Swarm of Wild Bees, by Tolman

The Intelligence of Ants, by Lubbock

The Katy-Did's Party, by Stowe

The Beech and the Oak, by Ewald

The Oak and the Snail, by Gatty

The Story of a Stone, by Jordan

How the Stone-Age Children Played, by Abbott

The Mist, by Ewald

The Anemones, by Ewald

The Weeds, by Ewald

Some Voices from the Kitchen Garden, by Gatty

The Wind and the Flowers, by Gatty

At Home With the Beavers, by Gask

Two Enemies of the Beavers, by Gask

The Squirrel's Story, by Gask

A Den in the Rocks, by Gask

Ships of the Desert, by Gask

The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Potter

Lions and Tigers; Apes and Monkeys; The Hippopotamus and the Rhinoceros; The Giraffe; Parrots, by Anonymous

Rab and His Friends, by Brown

A Ride With a Mad Horse in a Freight-Car, by Murray

A-Hunting of the Deer, by Warner.

Credits:

Produced by Charles Franks, Robert Prince, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Notes:

Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2005-05-01