Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, and Others

Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875 - 1964) and Julia Moody (1869 - )

These short stories about crickets, ants, bees, beetles and other little busybodies are intended by the two authors to show their children the wonderland of insectcs if we just take the time to look closely. "We hope that you will realize that more wonderful than the most wonderful fairy story ever told is the marvel of the created life of these little insects; we want you to come to know something of their joys and troubles; we want you to learn how to be kind to them, and how they may be useful to you; and we want you to find out for yourselves the places they take in the great plan of creation." The authors speak to their own children in each story and through them to children of all ages to come. A fun book so jump right in! Don't let the crickets have all the fun. - Summary by The authors and phil chenevert

Genre(s): Science

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 A Word to the Children and the Wise Linette Geisel
00:06:59
Play 01 The Journey Kathrine Engan
00:09:40
Play 02 Rangeley Village Sarocha T
00:10:11
Play 03 The Little Army (Locusts and Grasshoppers) Sarocha T
00:14:24
Play 04 Fiddlers (Crickets) Sarocha T
00:09:55
Play 05 How Katy Did (Katydids) Sarocha T
00:07:19
Play 06 Fishing (Dragon-flies) Kathrine Engan
00:11:44
Play 07 The Swimming-Pool (The May-fly) Kathrine Engan
00:06:00
Play 08 The Rainy Day (Leaf and Tree Hoppers) sashelliott
00:09:41
Play 09 The Prize (Lace-Wing, Ant-Lion, and Caddis-Worm) Christi Lupher
00:13:43
Play 10 A Nagging Family (Flies and Mosquitoes) Le
00:13:46
Play 11 Camping Out (Butterflies and Moths) sashelliott
00:12:25
Play 12 Camp-In-The-Clouds (Butterflies and Moths, continued) sashelliott
00:08:09
Play 13 Storm-Bound (Beetles) Michele Fry
00:14:50
Play 14 A Day's Hunting (Bees) Sarocha T
00:21:00
Play 15 Leaving Camp (Wasps) Brett Phillips
00:18:03
Play 16 Eyes And No Eyes (Ants) Brett Phillips
00:20:31