Project Gutenberg 2011-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 151 Pierson, Clara Dillingham Gordon, F. C. 1856 1924 Gordon, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles) Among the Pond People The biggest frog awakens -- The dance of the sand-hill cranes -- The young minnow who would not eat when he should -- The stickleback father -- The careless caddis worm -- The tadpole who wanted to be grown-up -- The runaway water spiders -- The slow little mud turtle -- The dragon-fly children and the snapping turtle -- The snappy snapping turtle -- The clever water-adder -- The good little cranes who were bad -- The oldest dragon-fly nymph -- The eels' moving-night -- The crayfish mother -- Two little crayfishes quarrel -- The lucky mink -- The playful muskrats. Produced by Heather Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Among the Pond People" by Clara Dillingham Pierson is a collection of children's stories written in the early 20th century. The book introduces young readers to the fascinating lives of various pond inhabitants, from frogs to turtles, illustrating the unique experiences they encounter in their aquatic environment. Through charming narratives, the book aims to paint a vivid picture of life in and around ponds, combining both educational and entertaining elements to engage children. At the start of the collection, the narrator introduces the ten Polliwogs, who have come to learn about their pond neighbors. Clara Dillingham Pierson expresses her fondness for storytelling and her desire to share the lives of these fascinating "pond people" with her young audience. The opening stories feature the Biggest Frog awakening from winter slumber, the joys of spring, and the interactions among various species, such as the Frogs and the Minnows. A sense of wonder and playfulness permeates the descriptions, effectively capturing the excitement of life in a pond as characters engage in activities, share their perspectives, and face challenges within their natural habitat. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35002/35002-h/images/titlepg.jpg en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 236539 236547 2024-09-15T03:30:37.571053 2023-09-15T09:22:35.507502 text/html text/html 234525 2011-01-19T08:01:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1848909 2011-01-19T08:01:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1847326 2024-09-15T03:30:41.938090 application/epub+zip 1848794 2024-09-15T03:30:38.454011 application/epub+zip 108030 2024-09-15T03:30:38.018012 application/epub+zip 1919583 2024-09-15T03:30:44.793488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1883919 2024-09-15T03:30:41.472979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149997 2022-09-16T06:27:54.887163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200161 199971 2024-09-15T03:30:36.938025 2023-09-15T09:22:34.965495 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 199977 2011-01-19T08:01:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 70258 2011-01-19T08:01:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 199982 2011-01-19T08:01:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69994 2011-01-19T08:01:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21242 2024-09-15T03:30:44.939454 application/rdf+xml 7353 2024-09-15T03:30:38.099998 image/jpeg 1668 2024-09-15T03:30:38.060011 image/jpeg 2164220 2024-09-15T03:30:37.707040 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog