Parables from Nature - Volume Three. Written by Margaret Gatty. Read by David Thorn and Bobbie Frohman. Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins. Suggested ages: 8 to 12.

Description: Entertaining stories of nature with a moral lesson thrown in for good measure are fun as well as thought provoking. Children will be enthralled with the intimate look into the lives of the woodland creatures and their way of life. Subtleness in making a moral point is always a strength in Ms. Gatty’s stories.

Volume 3 of 3, includes:

1. Purring When You're Pleased

2. The Voices of the Earth

3. The Master of the Harvest

4. The Deliverer

5. Inferior Animals

6. The General Thaw

7. The Light of Life

8. Gifts

9. Night and Day

10. Kicking

11. Imperfect Instruments

12. Birds in the Nest