Among the Pond People
by 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)
Listen next episodes of
Among the Pond People:
The Careless Caddis Worm ,
The Clever Water-Adder ,
The Crayfish Mother ,
The Dragon-fly Children and the Snapping Turtle ,
The Eels' Moving-Night ,
The Good Little Cranes Who Were Bad ,
The Lucky Mink ,
The Oldest Dragon-fly Nymph ,
The Playful Muskrats ,
The Runaway Water Spiders ,
The Slow Little Mud Turtle ,
The Snappy Snapping Turtle ,
The Stickleback Father ,
The Tadpole Who Wanted to be Grown Up ,
Two Little Crayfishes Quarrel