The Story Book of Science
Jean-Henri Fabre
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The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, "The young in heart and the pure in heart of whatever age will find themselves drawn to this incomparable story-teller, this reverent reveler of the awe-inspiring secrets of nature. The identity of the "Uncle Paul," who in this book and others of the series plays the story-teller's part, is not hard to guess; and the young people who gather about him to listen to his true stories from wood and field, from brook and hilltop, from distant ocean and adjacent millpond, are, without doubt, the author's own children, in whose companionship he delighted and whose education he conducted with wise solicitude." (Summary by Phil Chenevert) (10 hr 51 min)
Capítulos
01 - The Six | 6:19 | Leído por Frances Brown |
02 - The Fairy Tale and the True Story | 6:24 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
03 - The Building of the City | 7:43 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
04 - The Cows | 6:21 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
05 - The Sheepfold | 9:10 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
06 - The Wily Dervish | 6:15 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
07 - A Numerous Family | 11:07 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
08 - The Old Pear-Tree | 4:53 | Leído por Jill Engle |
09 - The Age of Trees | 8:23 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
10 - The Length of Animal Life | 5:57 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
11 - The Kettle | 3:58 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
12 - The Metals | 4:54 | Leído por Aiden Herrera |
13 - Metal Plating | 6:40 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
14 - Gold and Iron | 7:59 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
15 - The Fleece | 4:39 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
16 - Flax and Hemp | 7:07 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
17 - Cotton | 6:57 | Leído por johnh1803 |
18 - Paper | 3:50 | Leído por johnh1803 |
19 - The Book | 4:52 | Leído por johnh1803 |
20 - Printing | 4:48 | Leído por johnh1803 |
21 - Butterflies | 8:23 | Leído por Sharon Kilmer |
22 - The Big Eaters | 9:40 | Leído por Jill Engle |
23 - Silk | 7:21 | Leído por Jill Engle |
24 - The Metamorphosis | 6:27 | Leído por Jill Engle |
25 - Spiders | 9:37 | Leído por Susan Morin |
26 - The Epeira's Bridge | 9:36 | Leído por Susan Morin |
27 - The Spider's Web | 9:01 | Leído por Susan Morin |
28 - The Chase | 10:09 | Leído por Susan Morin |
29 - Venomous Insects | 9:47 | Leído por Sharon Kilmer |
30 - Venom | 6:01 | Leído por Jill Engle |
31 - The Viper and the Scorpion | 7:33 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
32 - The Nettle | 5:36 | Leído por Jill Engle |
33 - Processionary Caterpillars | 10:15 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
34 - The Storm | 7:29 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
35 - Electricity | 7:43 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
36 - The Experiment with the Cat | 4:17 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
37 - The Experiment with Paper | 2:57 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
38 - Franklin and De Romas | 11:13 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
39 - Thunder and the Lightning-Rod | 11:34 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
40 - Effects of the Thunderbolt | 3:34 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
41 - Clouds | 10:22 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
42 - The Velocity of Sound | 7:53 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
43 - The Experiment with the Bottle of Cold Water | 8:32 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
44 - Rain | 6:22 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
45 - Volcanoes | 6:40 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
46 - Catania | 8:29 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
47 - The Story of Pliny | 9:35 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
48 - The Boiling Pot | 9:04 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
49 - The Locomotive | 9:35 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
50 - Emile's Observation | 6:50 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
51 - A Journey to the End of the World | 8:46 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
52 - The Earth | 8:29 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
53 - The Atmosphere | 10:08 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
54 - The Sun | 12:30 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
55 - Day and Night | 11:02 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
56 - The Year and Its Seasons | 9:52 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
57 - Belladonna Berries | 7:40 | Leído por Woolly Bee |
58 - Poisonous Plants | 12:35 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
59 - The Blossom | 9:53 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
60 - Fruit | 6:28 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
61 - Pollen | 8:49 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
62 - The Bumble-Bee | 9:59 | Leído por Sharon Kilmer |
63 - Mushrooms | 9:12 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
64 - In the Woods | 7:08 | Leído por Jill Engle |
65 - The Orange-Agaric | 8:13 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
66 - Earthquakes | 12:13 | Leído por Linda Velwest |
67 - Shall We Kill Them Both? | 7:04 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
68 - The Thermometer | 4:36 | Leído por Kevin W. Davidson |
69 - The Subterranean Furnace | 11:16 | Leído por Kevin W. Davidson |
70 - Shells | 10:37 | Leído por Susan Morin |
71 - The Spiral Snail | 7:47 | Leído por Susan Morin |
72 - Mother-of-Pearl and Pearls | 8:22 | Leído por Susan Morin |
73 - The Sea | 9:21 | Leído por Susan Morin |
74 - Waves Salt Seaweeds | 11:56 | Leído por Susan Morin |
75 - Running Waters | 8:52 | Leído por Susan Morin |
76 - The Swarm | 8:19 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
77 - Wax | 7:33 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
78 - The Cells | 11:23 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
79 - Honey | 10:33 | Leído por Sharon Kilmer |
80 - The Queen-Bee | 11:04 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Reseñas
Love these stories!





Carlene
Thank you all for taking the time to read these chapters!
the whole book is very good





A LibriVox Listener
A great book by Jean-Henri Fabre.





Anderly
This is a a great science book, this should definitely be required for people to read or listen to this. I loved all the readers. A must read. 5 stars. I am glad that this book has a translation, judging by the name of the author I’m guessing she’s French. Thanks again for the readers, a translation, and the great book. If you don’t like this book something’s wrong. Explains a lot about Nature and science, the main reason why I loved it is because I love science not math, lol. Thanks again to the readers!
good book 😍😍😍😘😘 [NINA] 💝❤️





Nina
I’ve not finished it yet but I now it’s a good book ❤️❤️💝🌺🌺 JUNE is rude and the only reason she didn’t like the book is because she isn’t a Christian or she just didn’t want to read it! So if you have to read this book just don’t read JUNES Review !❤️❤️💝💝🌺🌺 ❤️💝
this is sooooooooo good





Krista
I love the stories they are soooooo good I can listen to this all day
Love it!





Capteen_brb3
The 19th Century is really a century of inventions. Love it!





Joey Estante
the story's were great, good app.
a good book





Pual Jackson
I really like this book I might tell someone else to read it