Old Granny Fox: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Old Granny Fox, credited to Thornton W. Burgess, 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 Old Granny Fox by Thornton W. Burgess. Read in English by Rosslyn Carlyle; Kangaroo692; Kari Lynn Hewett; jeffatnip Old Granny Fox and grandson Reddy Fox must use all their cunning to hunt up enough food to survive the long winter. Food in the Green Meadow is scarce but Farmer Brown's hens are locked up tight and protected by Bowser the Hound, so Granny takes a conceited Reddy hunting and teaches him some surprising new tricks to lure in their dinner. Old Granny and Reddy Fox encounter danger and adventure in their quests to keep their bellies full, including a close encounter with Farmer Brown's boy, a clever plot to steal Bowser's food, and an unforeseen thief who might outsmart this sneaky pair. - Summary by Jill Engle

Recording facts

• Recording title: Old Granny Fox
• Author credits: Thornton W. Burgess
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 2:45:02

Catalogue topics

• nature
• children
• fiction
• food
• survival
• stories
• forest
• winter

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - Reddy Fox Brings Granny News — 4:58
2. 02 - Granny and Reddy Fox Go Hunting — 5:33
3. 03 - Reddy is Sure Granny Has Lost Her Senses — 5:23
4. 04 - Quacker the Duck Grows Curious — 5:28
5. 05 - Reddy Fox is Afraid to Go Home — 5:14
6. 06 - Old Granny Fox is Caught Napping — 6:29
7. 07 - Granny Fox Has a Bad Dream — 6:02
8. 08 - What Farmer Brown's Boy Did — 5:07
9. 09 - Reddy Fox Hears About Granny Fox — 5:41
10. 10 - Reddy Fox is Impudent — 5:43
11. 11 - After the Storm — 6:11
12. 12 - Granny and Reddy Fox Hunt in Vain — 5:57
13. 13 - Granny Fox Admits Growing Old — 6:06
14. 14 - Three Vain and Foolish Wishes — 5:42
15. 15 - Reddy Fights a Battle — 5:54
16. 16 - Reddy is Made Truly Happy — 5:50
17. 17 - Granny Fox Promises Reddy Bowser's Dinner — 5:35
18. 18 - Why Bowser the Hound Didn't Eat His Dinner — 6:39
19. 19 - Old Man Coyote Does a Little Thinking — 5:56
20. 20 - A Twice Stolen Dinner — 6:11
21. 21 - Granny and Reddy Talk Things Over — 5:39
22. 22 - Granny Fox Plans to Get a Fat Hen — 6:05
23. 23 - Farmer Brown's Boy Forgets to Close the Gate — 5:32
24. 24 - A Midnight Visit — 5:55

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