Family & Relationships
Brother Jacob
Brother Jacob is a poignant short story by George Eliot that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the nature of ambition. At …
The Bobbsey Twins at Cloverbank
Come along with The Bobbsey Twins for more adventures, as they spend a summer on a farm!This is book number 19 in the series. (Summary by Ma…
Dad's Trip to Brisbane
Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
This charming book has many stories that deal mostly with the holiday of Thanksgiving, perfectly suited for family listening and reading. an…
Ruffles and Danny
A nice little story about a widower, his 18-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, and their vacation from their home in Colorado to the shor…
The Windy Hill
When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin …
What Sami Sings With The Birds
Old Mary Ann has done her best to bring up her son on her own. Like other relatives, her son has a longing to travel off over the mountains.…
Eight Cousins
When frail, sickly Rose Campbell is left an orphan following the death of her father, she moves with her eccentric bachelor uncle to a place…
Sons of the Covenant
Born in London's poverty-stricken and heavily Jewish East End, the Lipcott boys create their own successes in life and love. The brothers' c…
The Mother
Life is difficult for The Mother, with a household of husband and children, when her crone of a mother-in-law comes to live with them. It is…
Anne's House of Dreams
The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first …
The House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…
Mildred's Married Life
Mildred and Charlie Landreth begin married life together and enjoy many simple home pleasures. Together with Mildred's younger sister, they …
Aunt Jane's Hero
Aunt Jane's Hero presents to the reader a hero's journey and romance different from the cliché, addressing not an idealized picture o…
The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers
Polly Pepper loves to tell stories, but there just isn't enough room in the other books to include her stories! So, since "the author h…
Little Susy's Little Servants
“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …
The Bobbsey Twins at Home
This is the eighth book in the "Bobbsey Twins" series. In it Flossie and Freddie find, in a big snow storm, the lost father of Tom…
The Confessions of a Daddy
The wry humor of Ellis Parker Butler, who gave us the classic Pigs Is Pigs, takes us into his own married life where Marthy and Hiram live q…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…