Family & Relationships
The Box-Car Children
Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stra…
Tenterhooks
The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…
The Rose Child
The Rose Child tells the enchanting tale of a young girl living in the picturesque village of Wildbach, whose passion for roses mirrors her …
Children of the Ghetto
In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices …
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…
The Heart of Philura
Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women workin…
The Story Girl
Carlisle on St. Edwards Island may appear to the outside world to be a quiet, rural farming town, but to a group of 8 teens and tweens, its …
Mother Carey’s Chickens
“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to b…
Still
More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales
Winnie-the-Pooh
A charming collection of 10 relaxing tales, come along into the Forest as Winnie-the-Pooh tries to get some honey, the search is on for Eeyo…
The Green Mirror
Three generations of the Trenchard family, ruled over by the indomitable Mrs Trenchard, live together in comfortable domesticity until Kathe…
The Bobbsey Twins
Join the Bobbsey family in this charming series that has captivated young readers for generations. The Bobbsey Twins introduces us to two se…
Fireside Christmas Short Stories
A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection …
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sist…
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
The Bobbsey Twins are back at school after summer vacation, but Danny Rugg, the school bully, is up to mischief again--and this time he's tr…
Under the Lilacs
Under the Lilacs is a tale of friendship and adventure from celebrated author Louisa May Alcott.When sisters Bab and Betty Moss decide to ha…
A Fair Barbarian
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her…
Eight Cousins
This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…
Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery
This work is a selection of Christmas stories (or sometimes chapters) of Lucy Maud Montgomery from different sources and different times. Th…
One Commonplace Day
A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the disc…