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The Animal Story Book
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
- Summary:
- "The Animal Story Book" edited by Andrew Lang is a collection of animal tales written in the late 19th century. This anthology features a variety of stories about animals, presenting them with both human-like qualities and adventures, ideal for children and animal enthusiasts. The stories aim to entertain while conveying morals about kindness and understanding towards animals. At the start of the collection, readers are introduced to a bear named Tom, living with an artist in Paris, who is invited to a lively Carnival Masked Ball. The opening sets a light-hearted tone, depicting Tom's charming antics, such as dance routines and interactions with other animals, highlighting his intelligent and playful nature. The whimsical character of Tom is sure to draw in younger readers, making it clear that the stories will blend humor with heartwarming moments and engaging scenarios involving various animal characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
- Contents:
- 'Tom': an adventure in the life of a bear in Paris
- Saï the panther
- The buzzard and the priest
- Cowper and his hares
- A rat tale
- Snake stories
- What elephants can do
- The dog of Montargis
- How a beaver builds his house
- The war horse of Alexander
- Stories about bears
- Stories about ants
- The taming of an otter
- The story of Androcles and the lion
- Monsieur Dumas and his beasts
- The adventures of Pyramus
- The story of a weasel
- Stories about wolves
- Two highland dogs
- Monkey tricks and Sally at the zoo
- How the cayman was killed
- The story of Fido
- Beasts besieged
- Mr. Gully
- Stories from Pliny
- The strange history of Cagnotte
- Still waters run deep; or, the dancing dog
- Theo and his horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche
- Madame Théophile and the parrot
- The battle of the mullets and the dolphins
- Monkey stories
- Eccentric bird builders
- The ship of the desert
- Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be
- Nests for dinner
- Fire-eating Djijam
- The story of the dog Oscar
- Dolphins at play
- The starling of Segringen
- Grateful dogs
- Gazelle
- Cockatoo stories
- The otter who was reared by a cat
- Stories about lions
- Builders and weavers
- More faithful than favoured
- Dolphins, turtles, and cod
- More about elephants
- Bungey
- Lions and their ways
- The history of Jacko I.
- Signora and Lori
- Of the linnet, popinjay, or parrot, and other birds that can speak
- Patch and the chickens
- The fierce falcon
- Mr. Bolt, the scotch terrier
- A raven's funeral
- A strange tiger
- Halcyons and their biographers
- The story of a frog.
- Credits:
- Produced by Louise Davies, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Notes:
- Reading ease score: 71.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
- Release date is 2011-12-04
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