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Among the Pond People
by Clara Dillingham PIERSON (1868 - 1952)The Dragon-fly Children and the Snapping Turtle
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)
Listen next episodes of Among the Pond People:
The Clever Water-Adder , The Crayfish Mother , The Eels' Moving-Night , The Good Little Cranes Who Were Bad , The Lucky Mink , The Oldest Dragon-fly Nymph , The Playful Muskrats , The Snappy Snapping Turtle , Two Little Crayfishes Quarrel