TY - BOOK AU - Schwartz,Julia Augusta AU - Huybers,John Alfred TI - Wilderness Babies AV - QL PY - 2017/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Animals -- Anecdotes N1 - Release date is 2017-10-08; Produced by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Wilderness Babies" by Julia Augusta Schwartz is a nature-themed children's book likely written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives of various baby mammals, including opossums, manatees, and squirrels, depicting their growth and learning experiences in the wilderness. With charming illustrations, it aims to educate young readers about the natural world and the characteristics of different animals. The opening of the book introduces the concept of life in the wilderness, focusing on the experiences of baby mammals as they learn to navigate their environments. It begins with the opossum and describes how the baby opossums grow inside their mother's pocket, eventually daring to peek outside and explore. The narrative captures their playful antics and vivid encounters with the sounds of the woods, illustrating their transition from dependence on their mother to developing skills for survival in the wild. As the story unfolds, readers gain insight into the behaviors and habitats of these animals, blending education with storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55704 ER -