Talking Animals

The animal kingdom given a voice — Kipling’s jungle, Potter’s gardens, and the menagerie of children’s classics.

The wild things who speak

In this collection

• M'Andrew's Hymn
• The Little Frightened Child
• The Master Key
• Our Pets
• Our Lady of the Snows
• The Queen of Quok
• Aunt 'Liza's Hero
• Tour of the Zero Club
• The Beautiful Child Rescues the Puppet
• The Children of the Castle
• The Alpine Sheep
• Johnny-In-The-Woods
• Bye-Lo-Baby
• Songs of Angus: THE TWA WEELUMS
• The Run of the Downs
• Hugo's "Child at Play"
• Peek-A-Boo
• Tell Me
• Some Scattering Remarks of Bub's
• Trudel's Siege
• Impossible!
• The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
• Through Sleepy-Land
• Smolicheck: the Story of a Little Boy who Opened the Door
• Sir Rat
• The Star-Money
• Our Baby
• Our Hired Girl
• Stories about Snakes
• Passages from the Life of a Fern
• The World of the Great Forest
• The Star Jewels
• The Grasshopper and the Ant
• The Raven and the Fox
• The Frog that Wished to be as Big as the Ox
• The Wolf and the Dog
• The Swallow and the Little Birds
• The City Rat and the Country Rat
• The Wolf and the Lamb
• The Fox and the Stork
• The Council Held by the Rats
• The Bitch and her Friend
• The Lion and the Rat
• The Dove and the Ant
• The Hare and the Frogs
• The Cock and the Fox
• The Peacock Complaining to Juno
• The Fox and the Goat
• The Wolf and the Stork
• The Cat and the Old Rat
• The Lion in Love
• The Ass and the Little Dog
• The Frog and the Rat
• The Horse Wishing to be Revenged Upon the Stag
• The Wolf, the Goat, and the Kid
• The Lark and her Young Ones with the Owner of a Field
• The Hare and the Partridge
• The Lion Going to War
• The Cockerel, the Cat, and the Young Mouse
• The Hare and the Tortoise
• The Ass and his Masters
• The Sick Lion and the Fox
• The Horse and the Ass
• The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep
• The Falcon and the Capon
• Education
• The Two Doves
• The Monkey and the Cat
• The Kite and the Nightingale
• The Tortoise and the Two Ducks
• The Two Parrots, the King, and his Son
• The Farmer, the Dog, and the Fox
• The Wolf and the Fox (Book XI)
• The Cat and the Two Sparrows
• The Old Cat and the Young Mouse
• The Lobster and her Daughter
• The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse
• The League of the Rats

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