The Wishing-Stone Stories (Version 2)

Thornton W. Burgess (1874 - 1965)

Tommy is a young farm lad with a keen interest in all animals. On the edge of the Green Meadows, he finds an old grey rock. He discovers that when he sits there, Tommy can wish and become any animal. From frogs to geese to beavers and bears, the young boy experiences firsthand the joys and sorrows of animal lives. (Summary by Jude Somers)

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction (1579), children (1088), nature (892), animals (394)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Tommy and the Wishing-Stone Jude Somers
00:22:16
Play 02 How Tommy Learned to Admire Thunderer the Ruffed Grouse Jude Somers
00:27:10
Play 03 What Happened when Tommy Became a Mink Jude Somers
00:23:40
Play 04 Tommy Becomes a Very Humble Person Jude Somers
00:26:58
Play 05 Why Peter Rabbit Has One Less Enemy Jude Somers
00:23:58
Play 06 Why Tommy Became a Friend of Red Squirrels Jude Somers
00:26:05
Play 07 The Pleasures and Troubles of Bobby Coon Jude Somers
00:24:47
Play 08 How Tommy Envied Honker the Goose Jude Somers
00:26:50
Play 09 How it Happened the Reddy Fox Gained a Friend Jude Somers
00:28:23
Play 10 Tommy Becomes a Furry Engineer Jude Somers
00:26:49
Play 11 Why Tommy Took Up All His Traps Jude Somers
00:29:49
Play 12 Tommy Learns What is is Like to be a Bear Jude Somers
00:24:27