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Little Fuzzy is out - already picked years ago. :D Besides, if I remember correctly, they are declared "persons" or something similar, sentient at least, at the very end.
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Lady into Fox had a second version recorded as well. https://librivox.org/lady-into-fox-by-david-garnett-2/

Here's one where a man was swallowed by a crocodile and made himself at home. https://librivox.org/the-crocodile-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky/
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In terms of our furry friends, I think any of the books by Arthur Scott Bailey would be good: https://librivox.org/author/464
or
Something from the Twilight Animals series by Walsh, the first one is Bumper the White Rabbit: https://librivox.org/bumper-the-white-rabbit-by-george-ethelbert-walsh/
Both are children's book series.
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Thank you!

Arthur Scott Bailey is always good, just as Burgess.
The Croc story sounds interesting - not at all Dostoyevsky.

I'm not sure about Dr. Doolittle, I think it was already picked a few years back, but then again, we do have sequels too... :D
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How about In Search of the Unknown?
https://librivox.org/in-search-of-the-unknown-by-robert-w-chambers/

They are hunts for unusual or thought-extinct animals for the zoo, but some of the stories border on the supernatural or weird. It's half weird, half humorous.
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Excellent! :thumbs:
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One more: https://librivox.org/that-pup-by-ellis-parker-butler/

That Pup. It's a cute puppy that grows to be... a big nuisance that the owner cannot get rid of!
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If I can shamelessly plug one of my own reads, I find the Natural History of Pliny fascinating. The Boys' and Girls' Pliny is adapted for a younger audience (but still just as interesting for adults), and volume 3 in the series is about Domestic Animals and Fishes. https://librivox.org/the-boys-and-girls-pliny-vol-3-by-pliny-the-elder/
Written almost 2 millenia ago, a lot of the information is either surprisingly accurate, or hilariously outdated!
(alternatively, the same topics from the original Pliny would be just as interesting!)
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fresh from the press, catalogued today, just in time for this: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=74831

The Animal Story book is a collection of short stories about different animals throughout different time periods. Not only house pets but also wild animals like snakes or lions. Not sure if that counts. But there are lots of stories about dogs, cats or other housepets. Some stories are adapted from noteworthy authors, like Dumas or Gauthier or even old Pliny.

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I'd suggest books by Thorton W. Burgess, that is, for the children's area :wink:
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The staff has picked for October, thank you for your many suggestions! Please have a look at this page for the current list. You can also check out our wiki page for a plain vanilla list that contains all the staff picks for this year plus the readers!

The theme for next month is:

Ghosts, ghouls and gremlins

Suitable for Halloween and the foggy nights of November, I'm looking for spooky stuff and horror. Anything goes as long as it's hair-raising... :shock:

Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.

All languages welcome!

Thanks for your help! :D
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I'd like to suggest a Portuguese story, translated into English: https://librivox.org/our-lady-of-the-pillar-by-jose-maria-de-eca-de-queiros/
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All languages welcome!

It's a short one - wouldn't you like to read it in the original until the end of the month? :mrgreen:
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Availle wrote: October 1st, 2019, 5:36 pm All languages welcome!

It's a short one - wouldn't you like to read it in the original until the end of the month? :mrgreen:
You know, I actually thought exactly that when I made the suggestion! Not sure I will manage, but I can try. :mrgreen:
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Howsabout two plays? First, The Castle Spectre by Matthew Lewis? https://librivox.org/the-castle-spectre-by-matthew-lewis/

Written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, whose novel The Monk is one of the most enduring Gothic works from the eighteenth century, The Castle Spectre is one of Lewis' earliest forays into drama, and a strong indication of his talents as a controversial and frightening entertainer. Set in medieval Conway, Wales, the play is filled with every delicious Gothic trope imaginable: a menacing castle, a villainous nobleman hiding terrible secrets, a virginal damsel in distress, an heroic lover trying to save her, several comedic supporting characters, and, yes, the presence of a ghost.

Second, The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco? https://librivox.org/the-return-of-peter-grimm-by-david-belasco/

"Mr. Belasco has written the following account of "Peter's" evolution: [ ] The play, "The Return of Peter Grimm," is an expression in dramatic form of my ideas on a subject which I have pondered over since boyhood: "Can the dead come back?" Peter Grimm did come back. At the same time, I inserted a note in my program to say that I advanced no positive opinion; that the treatment of the play allowed the audience to believe that it had actually seen Peter, or that he had not been seen but existed merely in the minds of the characters on the stage. Spiritualists from all over the country flocked to see "The Return of Peter Grimm," and I have heard that it gave comfort to many. It was a difficult theme, and more than once I was tempted to give it up. But since it has given relief to those who have loved and lost, it was not written in vain."

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