Among the Meadow People: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Among the Meadow People, credited to Clara Dillingham Pierson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Among the Meadow People by Clara Dillingham Pierson. Read in English by Frances Brown; Jennifer Dorr; Claire Schreuder; Jon Kissack; Sharon Kilmer; Drew Johnson; Lynne Thompson; Savannah; Jill Engle Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series explores the animal inhabitants of the meadow and garden. The charming prose shrinks us down and puts us in the fascinating world of the tiny insects, amphibians, and birds who call the field their home. From the author's Introduction: "In selecting the tiny creatures of field and garden for the characters in this book, I have remembered with pleasure the way in which my six loyal pupils befriended stray crickets and grasshoppers, their intense appreciation of the new realm of fancy and observation, and the eagerness and attention with which they sought Mother Nature, the most wonderful and tireless of all story-tellers." - Summary by Clara Dillingham Pierson & Jill Engle

Recording facts

• Recording title: Among the Meadow People
• Author credits: Clara Dillingham Pierson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 2:40:23

Catalogue topics

• nature
• insects
• mosquito
• butterfly
• field
• garden
• worm
• harvest

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 00 - Introduction — 1:46
2. 01 - The Butterfly that Went Calling — 5:43
3. 02 - The Robins Build a Nest — 6:44
4. 03 - The Selfish Tent-Caterpillar — 7:17
5. 04 - The Lazy Snail — 5:06
6. 05 - An Ant That Wore Wings — 3:47
7. 06 - The Cheerful Harvestmen — 6:38
8. 07 - The Little Spider's First Web — 4:50
9. 08 - The Beetle Who Did Not Like Caterpillars — 4:14
10. 09 - The Young Robin Who Was Afraid to Fly — 8:33
11. 10 - The Crickets' School — 3:53
12. 11 - The Contented Earthworms — 4:02
13. 12 - The Measuring Worm's Joke — 4:23
14. 13 - A Puzzled Cicada — 5:05
15. 14 - The Tree Frog's Story — 7:19
16. 15 - The Day When the Grass Was Cut — 7:20
17. 16 - The Grasshopper and the Measuring Worm Run a Race — 5:22
18. 17 - Mr. Green Frog and His Visitors — 4:40
19. 18 - The Dignified Walking-Sticks — 6:46
20. 19 - The Day of the Great Storm — 5:49
21. 20 - The Story of Lily-Pad Island — 7:48
22. 21 - The Grasshopper Who Wouldn't Be Scared — 7:02
23. 22 - The Earthworm Half-Brothers — 4:01
24. 23 - A Gossiping Fly — 4:17

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