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The Tale of Pigling Bland - written by Beatrix Potter describing the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate, in much the same way that Potter's life was changing at the time the book was published.

Albert the Numbat eats termites for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and he wants to try something new. So he and his friend, Bam the Bilby, set out to find some treats. But things don’t go according to plan. Find out what happens on Albert’s really bad day. One morning, Bam the Bilby was out foraging for food when he came across his friend, Albert the Numbat. Numbats had lived in the scrubland for thousands of years, but now, because of foxes and wild cats, there were just a few left.

Kipling’s classic tale taken from the Just So Stories. The camel who lives in the howling desert is reluctant to join the other animals in working for man. He gets his comeuppance when he is magically given a hump, so that he can work three days in a row without stopping to eat.

The Rhinoceros was not always all wrinkly as he is today. In fact he was a rather smooth but bad mannered beast. His bad manners, in fact, are what got him into trouble. When you steal something that belongs to the Parsee-man, you could be in a heap of trouble. Sit back and listen as Phillip J. Mather masterfully tells the Rudyard Kipling tale of How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.

From Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book, Rikki Tikki Tavi is the story of a mongoose and two cobras. Taken in after being washed into the garden of a British family in India, he protects the house from the devious cobras Nag and Nagaina with help from his friends and mongoose cunning.

During a long drought in Australia, Tree Kangaroo and Koala grow thirsty for water. When Tree Kangaroo remembers how he and his mother survived a similar drought by digging a hole for water, their problems seem to be solved. Koala creates excuses to rest and be lazy while Tree Kangaroo works hard to dig the well. When water begins to fill the hole, Koala forgets to share and loses his tail and a friend! Illustrated by Tom Wrenn.

Red bats can hibernate or migrate to warmer regions during the winter. Should this solitary little bat stay, or should she go? That's the question the little red bat ponders as the leaves fall, and the nights get colder! The squirrel tells her to stay. But what about the dangerous creatures that hunt red bats in the winter? The sparrow urges her to go. But where? Carole Gerber takes young listeners on an educational journey through one bat's seasonal dilemma in Little Red Bat.

It's silly, light-hearted fun as VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer spins a rollicking tale about 47 Beavers who find themselves lost at sea and discover that things bo best when they all work together!...

The Adventures of Johnny Chuck tells the story of a feisty woodchuck named Johnny. Johnny decides he is unhappy with his home in the Green Forest and elects to venture into the wide, wide world. As he wanders he gets into a territory fight with another chuck, discovers a new home, learns there is some good in all, and discovers the most wonderful thing in the world.

Eugen Eule ist fix und fertig: Das kleine afrikanische Stinktiermädchen Lulu ist nicht zum vereinbarten Treffpunkt gekommen - und er hat schon überall gesucht. Ihr muss etwas zugestoßen sein! Freddy findet, dass Eugen sich zu viele Sorgen macht. Doch immer mehr Zeit vergeht, ohne dass Lulu wieder auftaucht. Jetzt wird auch Freddy nervös. Und tatsächlich: Das verschwundene Stinktier steckt ganz schön im Schlamassel.

This sequel to the award-winning Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (2007 Teacher's Choice and 2005 Mom's Choice) takes listeners on an around-the-world boat ride to learn how mammals sleep in or around nine major rivers of the world on all continents except Antarctica. Row down the Mississippi and watch two river otters slip into a hollow tree, or look to the bank of the Brisbane River as a platypus pops into a hole and disappears into a narrow tunnel.

Keisha and her family are just sitting down to Saturday-morning breakfast when the phone rings. Uh-oh! There seems to be a skunk at the community garden, and it's dug a hole under the shed. At the same time, Mr. Sanders can't deliver the mail to a certain house: crows keep dive-bombing him when...

It’s autumn in Grand River, and as Keisha and her pals prepare for Halloween, a phone call comes in to Carters’ Urban Rescue: a deer has been spotted in the neighborhood . . . with a pumpkin on his head! The deer was enjoying the birdseed treat inside when, somehow, it got stuck. The Animal...

The first book in the hilarious Awesome Animals series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. Told in Ian Whybrow’s unique style, this hilarious animal adventure starring ever-popular meerkats is a funny, fast-paced, sure-fire hit. Meerkat Madness is the story of a burrow of meerkat...

"The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver" is another in the long list of children's books by the conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, the industrious and clever Paddy Beaver, a newcomer to the Green Forest, has encounters with Sammy Jay, Jerry Muskrat, Ol' Man Coyote and other inhabitants of the Green Forest. Along the way, we learn how Paddy builds his dam and his house, and how he stores his food. We also learn little lessons about life, such as the importance of planning before doing.

Paddy the Beaver is a newcomer to the Green Forest. The little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest are wary of strangers. They don't know what to expect of Paddy, especially when he starts building a dam and the water stops flowing to the Laughing Brook.

Schlaumeier und seine Freunde beobachten im Wald etwas Merkwürdiges: Drei geheimnisvolle Männer vergraben eine schwere Kiste neben der Schutzhütte! Dabei unterhalten sie sich ganz aufgeregt. Als später die Hütte in Flammen steht, haben die Tiere natürlich sofort einen Verdacht. Ob Schlaumeier und seine Freunde die Polizei auf die richtige Spur bringen können?

Was für ein dummes Missgeschick! Der kleine Igel Claudius muss ganz schnell von der Schule ins Krankenhaus gebracht werden, weil... Aber das wird noch nicht verraten. Jedenfalls fährt er zum allerersten Mal in seinem Leben mit einem echten Krankenwagen! Und auch im Krankenhaus macht der kleine Igel viele neue und aufregende Erfahrungen.

Geschichte 1 "Das superstarke Erdmännchen": Auf dem Weg zur Antarktis trifft Piet Scholle das Erdmännchen Edgar. Das kleine Erdmännchen trainiert mit seiner Hantel aus Kokosnüssen. Er will unbedingt superstark werden, damit ihm die bösen Schakale keine Angst mehr einjagen. Ob er es mit dem starken Schakal Goliat aufnehmen kann, der alle Erdmännchen vertreiben möchte? Edgar scheint noch nicht mal die Rüstung aus Kokosnüssen tragen zu können. Geschichte 2 "Piet Scholle baut ein Boot".

Kasimir und Claudius sind inzwischen richtige Schulkinder. Und das gefällt den beiden Freunden wirklich gut! Doch manchmal gibt es Tage, da geht alles schief: Claudius bekommt ziemlichen Ärger mit den großen Jungs, der Hase Kasimir hat mächtigen Bammel vor der Turnstunde, und Inga hat auch noch ihr Schulbrot vergessen. Und wer wohl das Wettrennen in Sport gewinnt? Ein Hörspiel über Stärken und Schwächen und wie man damit umgehen kann.