The Greatest Animal Tales for a Warm Fuzzy Christmas
Classic Christmas Animal Tales of Kindness, Wonder, and Winter MagicBy L. Frank Baum, Beatrix Potter, Hugh Lofting, Margery Williams, Anna Sewell, Kenneth Grahame, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Laura Lee Hope, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Amy Ella Blanchard, Amelia C. Houghton, Samuel McChord Crothers, John Punnett Peters, Eugene Field, Charles Dickens, Frances Browne, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Georgianna M. Bishop, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Archibald Beresford Sullivan, Charlotte B. Herr, Walter Crane
Length52h 45m
About this audiobook
The Greatest Animal Tales for a Warm Fuzzy Christmas gathers animal-centered fiction, fable, fantasy, and moral tale into a seasonally resonant panorama of children's literature. Its range extends from whimsical talking creatures and domestic pets to enchanted toys, rural animals, and figures whose vulnerability invites ethical reflection. Comic episodes, fairy-tale marvels, sentimental Christmas scenes, and darker passages of loss and loyalty coexist, revealing how animal stories have mediated questions of care, imagination, class, and human responsibility. Familiar classic modes are joined by lesser-known period pieces, giving the volume unusual breadth. The contributors represent a transatlantic constellation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers, illustrators, clergy, educators, and popular storytellers. Their work belongs to the great flowering of children's publishing in which folklore, animal autobiography, domestic realism, fantasy, and the picture-book tradition became influential vehicles for moral and emotional education. Across British, American, and European settings, these voices transform animals into companions, witnesses, and agents of wonder, while retaining distinct cultural assumptions about childhood, nature, and holiday generosity. Recommended for readers, families, and students of children's literature, this anthology offers more than festive comfort. It invites comparison among diverse narrative forms and ethical sensibilities within a single accessible volume. Readers will find an illuminating dialogue between humor and pathos, realism and enchantment, as well as a rich opportunity to reconsider why animal tales remain central to the imaginative traditions of Christmas.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature, General Fiction
Length52 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Little Lord Fauntleroy (Annotated)
2The Tailor of Gloucester (Beatrix Potter)
3The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
4Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
523 A Strike for Liberty
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642 The Election
7The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 1)
8The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 2)
9The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 3)
10The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum)
1112. The Search for the Wicked Witch
12Little Bun Rabbit (L. Frank Baum)
13The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
14The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
15The Adventures of Reddy Fox (Thornton Burgess)
16The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (Thornton Burgess)
17The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (Thornton Burgess)
18The Old Mother West Wind (Thornton Burgess)
19The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting) (pt. 1)
20The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting) (pt. 2)
21The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting)
22Prologue
23Part I
24Part Two
25Part Three
26Part Four
27Part Five
28Part Six
29The Story of a Nodding Donkey (Laura Lee Hope)
30The Story of a Stuffed Elephant (Laura Lee Hope)
31Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs (Eleanor Hallowell Abbott)
32PART I
33PART II
34Kittyboy's Christmas (Amy Ella Blanchard)
35The Naughty Reindeer (Amelia C. Houghton)
36Miss Muffet's Christmas Party (Samuel McChord Crothers)
37The Animals’ Christmas Tree (John Punnett Peters)
38The Mouse and the Moonbeam (Eugene Field)
39The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
40The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
41The Christmas Cuckoo (Frances Browne)
42The Silver Hen (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
43The Sparrow and the Fairy (Georgianna M. Bishop)
44The Wonderful Bird (Georgianna M. Bishop)
45The Little Mud-Sparrows (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
46The Little Gray Lamb (Archibald Beresford Sullivan)
47How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty (Charlotte B. Herr)
48Cat and Dog Stories (Walter Crane)
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