See through the eyes of animals, discover their secrets, and join their adventures, in this unforgettable collection of stories!
Follow the family of an otter inventor, discover a disappearing-reappearing city of squirrels, and watch a mad mouse scientist swap minds with an owl. Find out how the unlikely friendships turn out between a fox and a coop full of chickens, a rabbit and a carnivorous plant, and an entire band of woodland animals when they take over an abandoned summer camp in the fall.
If you listen closely, you may be lucky enough to hear their voices, whispering on the wind.
- Stranger Than a Swan — A swan hatchling imprints on a surprising visitor. [~900 words]
- Gerty and the Doesn’t-Smell-Like-a-Melon — Snuffle-snorting around the melon patch, Gerty finds something that does not smell like a melon. [~2,100 words]
- Sheeperfly’s Lullaby — A sheep’s fairytale. [~1,400 words]
- One Night in Nocturnia — A mad mouse scientist uncovers truths that he should never know. [~3,900 words]
- The Otter’s Mermaid — An otter inventor takes a trip down the river and loses his heart to a woman of the sea. [~9,300 words]
- The Canoe Race — When Camp Riverwind closes at the end of the summer, the local animals hold their own summer camp. [~3,500 words]
- Fox in the Hen House — Can a fox kit be raised by a mother hen? [~2,200 words]
- Frankenstein’s Gryphon — Igor the arctic fox learns that his master isn’t what he seems. [~8,400 words]
- The Freedom of the Queen — A queen bee reckons with the force who destroyed her hive. [~500 words]
- Hide the Honey — A bear cub gets her paws on her mother’s honey stash. [~1,500 words]
- Jellyfish for Dinner — Arlene has to teach her adopted river otter son not to be afraid of the water. [~6,100 words]
- One Sheep — There are many paths that a sheep living on a farm may take in life. [~500 words]
- Sarah Flowermane and the Unicorn — A lion cub rebels against her father and seeks out fairy magic to help prove her importance. [~5,000 words]
- An Otter’s Soul— An otter struggles with grief over the death of her best friend and seek’s solace in her people’s folklore concerning dragonflies and souls. [~1,300 words]
- Frond Farewell — A carnivorous plant befriends a rabbit. [~3,200 words]
- The Best Puppy Ever — Gloria, the Bernese Mountain Dog, would do anything for her masters, but she doesn’t know how much she’s already done. [~1,000 words]
- Excerpt from Purride and Purrejudice — It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a cat in sight of an empty box, must sit in it. [~200 words]
- Treegadoon — A river otter discovers a mysterious city of squirrels. [~20,100 words]
- The Muddy Unicorn — Alivia seeks a place where she can play in the mud in peace. [~2,800 words]
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