The Camel's Hump Library, Season 2
Welcome to our Season 2 library. Click on a book below to learn more!
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Read by wilderness expert Willem Lange

To survive in the wilderness, Brian had 3 things: true grit, wits and a hatchet.
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The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese
Howard Norman
Read by author Howard Norman

A very, very rude visiting wizard tries to take over an Inuit village.
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Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White
Read by poet Angela Patten

Wilbur the pig is in need of a real friend. For one thing, he’s on the Christmas menu.
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Lyddie
Katherine Paterson
Read by the Author Herself

How a Vermont farm girl triumphs in hard times.
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All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
Read by vet Joe Klopfenstein

A cow story, a pig story, a dog story.
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Read by sailor Horace Beck

Jim Hawkins, an innkeeper’s son, gets his hands on a treasure map.
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The Broken Tusk
Uma Krishnaswami
Read by Stephen Huyler, a long-time student of India

Meet Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god.
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The Boggart
Susan Cooper
Read by actress Rebecca Pidgeon

Meet a Scottish sprite who knows how to make life more interesting.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Selma Lagerlof

Read by writer and memoirist Reeve Lindbergh

A bad boy learns a lot flying with the wild geese of Sweden.
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Julie of the Wolves
Jean Craighead George
Read by wolf expert Steve Swinburne

Julie, an Eskimo girl, must learn to talk to wolves.
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Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll

Read by CHR host Philip Baruth

Down the rabbit hole. The true story.
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Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Read by farmer Gert Lepine

Vivid stories from an 1880s childhood.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Read by journalist
Stephen Kiernan

Imagine growing up with 11 brothers and sisters.
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Because of rights limitations, Camel's Hump Radio programs are not available on tape from Vermont Public Radio. However, full-text recordings of the books excerpted on Camel's Hump Radio are generally available for rent or to buy from one or more of the following sources:
  1. Books on Tape
  2. Blackstone Audiobooks
  3. Listening Library
  4. Recorded Books on Tape
  5. Audio Bookshelf