Historical
Mäzli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
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Johanna Spyri
Join Mäzli the youngest of five while she befriends the castle steward and brings a happy reunion between a rich, sad, old baron and hi…
Down the Big River
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Stephen W. Meader
In 1805, two boys encounter vicious river pirates on their way to help settle the American Midwest.I am very pleased to offer another of Ste…
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story (Dramatic Reading)
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Anne Carroll Moore
This fanciful children's story was one of the 1925 Newbery Honor books (published in 1924). Moore's novel blends an interesting tour of an e…
Mildred's New Daughter
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Martha Finley
Mildred's New Daughter is one of the children's Christian novels in a series by Martha Finley that follows the lives of four orphaned Eldon …
The Greenstone Door
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William Satchell
The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his pa…
A Lincoln Conscript
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Homer Greene
A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deed…
The Boy Travellers on the Congo
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Henry Morton Stanley
Frank and Fred share the sights they explore and the information they learn in Africa. As in other volumes, this fictionalized travelogue pr…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
The Boy Who Was
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Grace Tabor Hallock
This children's historical fantasy book, a Newbery Honor Book in 1929, tells of a boy, blessed with eternal life, who experiences 3,000 year…
The Second Chance
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Nellie McClung and Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…