Secrets of the Woods

William J. Long (1867 - 1952)

The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without this element his pioneer work in the realm of nature would now be familiar only to scientists, introducing people everywhere into the wonderland of nature hitherto entirely closed to all.

This is another chapter in the shy, wild life of the fields and woods. Little Toohkees, the wood mouse that dies of fright in the author’s hand; the mother otter, Keeonekh, teaching her little ones to swim; and the little red squirrel with his many curious habits,—all are presented with the same liveliness and color that characterize the descriptions in the first two volumes. The stories are unusually accurate in portraying animal life as it really exists in its native haunts.

Containing many details of the lives of animals that you may never have known of before, these wilderness stories are great listening for young and old. (Summary by Wood Folk at School advertisement and Kangaroo692)

Genre(s): General, Science

Language: English

Group: Wood Folk Series

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Kangaroo
00:06:17
Play 01 Tookhees: The 'Fraid One, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:14:06
Play 02 Tookhees: The 'Fraid One, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:15:19
Play 03 A Wilderness Byway Jill Engle
00:07:15
Play 04 Keeonekh: The Fisherman, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:11:52
Play 05 Keeonekh: The Fisherman, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:08:07
Play 06 Keeonekh: The Fisherman, part 3 Maggie Travers
00:13:51
Play 07 Koskomenos: The Outcast, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:14:32
Play 08 Koskomenos: The Outcast, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:11:25
Play 09 Meeko: The Mischief Maker, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:11:32
Play 10 Meeko: The Mischief Maker, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:10:30
Play 11 Meeko: The Mischief Maker, part 3 Maggie Travers
00:14:48
Play 12 The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:10:33
Play 13 The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:12:28
Play 14 The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge, part 3 Maggie Travers
00:13:08
Play 15 Following the Deer Jill Engle
00:14:54
Play 16 Still Hunting, part 1 Maggie Travers
00:10:20
Play 17 Still Hunting, part 2 Maggie Travers
00:10:33
Play 18 Winter Trails, part 1 Larry Wilson
00:12:30
Play 19 Winter Trails, part 2 Larry Wilson
00:11:47
Play 20 Snowbound, part 1 cnoone
00:12:00
Play 21 Snowbound, part 2 cnoone
00:10:09