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Among the Pond People

First published: 1901
Pages: 112

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Preface
3:04
The Biggest Frog Awakens
12:22
The Dance of the Sand-hill Cranes
8:49
The Young Minnow Who Would Not Eat When He Should
8:17
The Stickleback Father
11:05
The Careless Caddis Worm
11:35
The Tadpole Who Wanted to be Grown Up
12:22
The Runaway Water Spiders
10:35
The Slow Little Mud Turtle
12:18
The Dragon-fly Children and the Snapping Turtle
9:00
The Snappy Snapping Turtle
13:51
The Clever Water-Adder
8:30
The Good Little Cranes Who Were Bad
14:11
The Oldest Dragon-fly Nymph
13:24
The Eels' Moving-Night
10:41
The Crayfish Mother
7:56
Two Little Crayfishes Quarrel
8:35
The Lucky Mink
13:05
The Playful Muskrats
11:05

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About this book

A pond is quieter than a farmyard but no less crowded, and Clara Dillingham Pierson fills this collection with the frogs, turtles, tadpoles, water beetles, and fishes that share it. Each story follows one of these pond dwellers through an episode of its life, from a tadpole's slow change into a frog to a snapping turtle's cranky ways, and each carries a little of the real natural history behind the tale. Written for young children to hear read aloud, the stories let the animals talk and think while keeping their true habits intact. Pierson's touch is warm and patient, and a soft moral usually rises to the surface. It sits comfortably beside the other volumes of her 'Among the People' series. Free to read in PDF and EPUB.

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Clara Dillingham Pierson

Clara Dillingham Pierson (1868-1952) was an American teacher and author from Michigan. She is remembered for her 'Among the People' series of nature story collections, which introduced very young children to the habits of animals and insects through gentle, accurate storytelling.