Project Gutenberg 2016-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 74 Selous, Edmund 1857 1934 Ord, G. W. Tommy Smith's Animals Produced by Giovanni Fini, Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Tommy Smith's Animals" by Edmund Selous is a children’s storybook written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows a young boy, Tommy Smith, who initially exhibits cruel behavior toward animals, but through various encounters with talking creatures, he learns valuable lessons about kindness and respect for nature. Each chapter introduces different animals, including a hare, a frog, and a snake, providing them with distinct personalities and wisdom as they interact with Tommy. The opening of the book introduces Tommy as a boy who cruelly mistreats animals without realizing the harm he causes. The animals, tired of his behavior, gather for a meeting led by a wise owl to discuss how to handle Tommy's mistreatment. Instead of punishing him, they decide to teach him about their abilities and the importance of respecting all living creatures. The meeting establishes the central theme of the book: educating children on animal welfare and empathy. Tommy's journey of transformation begins as he is exposed to the perspectives of the animals he once harmed, setting the stage for the profound lessons that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Fiction 278891 278893 2024-09-21T15:34:12.095722 2023-09-22T12:10:38.940108 text/html text/html 280520 2016-05-02T05:45:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 473690 2016-05-02T05:45:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 507121 2024-09-21T15:34:18.141704 application/epub+zip 526939 2024-09-21T15:34:13.375700 application/epub+zip 181061 2024-09-21T15:34:12.826703 application/epub+zip 612636 2024-09-21T15:34:21.863645 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575164 2024-09-21T15:34:17.577703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230632 2022-09-23T16:57:07.537012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243448 243239 2024-09-21T15:34:11.367747 2023-09-22T12:10:37.907596 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 243702 2016-05-02T05:45:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 81905 2016-05-02T05:45:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18820 2024-09-21T15:34:22.009640 application/rdf+xml 27179 2024-09-21T15:34:12.919689 image/jpeg 3623 2024-09-21T15:34:12.877707 image/jpeg 478716 2024-09-21T15:34:12.139743 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 en.wikipedia