Among the Pond People

Clara Dillingham Pierson (1868 - 1952)

Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series explores the animal inhabitants of a pond. The beautiful writing brings the pond creatures into being in the reader's imagination and allows them a glimpse of the mysterious lives being carried out above and below the water's surface. (Summary by Jill Engle)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Animals & Nature, Short works

Language: English

Group: Among the People Series

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Jill Engle
00:03:04
Play 01 The Biggest Frog Awakens Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett
00:12:22
Play 02 The Dance of the Sand-hill Cranes Jon Kissack
00:08:49
Play 03 The Young Minnow Who Would Not Eat When He Should Claire Schreuder
00:08:17
Play 04 The Stickleback Father Deon Gines
00:11:05
Play 05 The Careless Caddis Worm Deon Gines
00:11:35
Play 06 The Tadpole Who Wanted to be Grown Up Deon Gines
00:12:22
Play 07 The Runaway Water Spiders rookieblue
00:10:35
Play 08 The Slow Little Mud Turtle Jennifer Dorr
00:12:18
Play 09 The Dragon-fly Children and the Snapping Turtle Jill Engle
00:09:00
Play 10 The Snappy Snapping Turtle Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett
00:13:51
Play 11 The Clever Water-Adder Jon Kissack
00:08:30
Play 12 The Good Little Cranes Who Were Bad Sharon Kilmer
00:14:11
Play 13 The Oldest Dragon-fly Nymph Sharon Kilmer
00:13:24
Play 14 The Eels' Moving-Night Jennifer Dorr
00:10:41
Play 15 The Crayfish Mother Claire Schreuder
00:07:56
Play 16 Two Little Crayfishes Quarrel Kathy Wright
00:08:35
Play 17 The Lucky Mink Kathy Wright
00:13:05
Play 18 The Playful Muskrats Kathy Wright
00:11:05