Family & Relationships
Short Story Collection
Mysteries, fantasy, family and hardship all make appearances in this, the 70th volume of short stories in the English language, selected and…
The Little Girl Next Door
A delightful story of true and genuine friendship between an impulsive little girl in a fine New York home and a little blind girl in an apa…
Sunshine and Snow
A harrowing and dramatic story of four siblings from Scotland who are poor and orphaned. The eldest brother, Arthur, is guardian to his two …
Heidi
Johanna Spyri’s classic story of a 5 year old little Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their h…
Mildred at Home
Book 5 of the story of Mildred Keith by Martha Finley. We join Mildred as she settles into home life as wife and mother. We also see the res…
Nobody's Rose
In the hustle and bustle of the big city, nobody heard the small cry of a child. A policeman finally stopped and asked her where she lived.…
Family Happiness
After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are ma…
The Adventures of Joel Pepper
The Peppers are a family of three boys, two girls, and Mamsie. They are poor, living in their "Little Brown House", but they alway…
Peggy's Trial
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West
Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie go out west, and help solve a strange mystery about an old man.This is the 13th book in the Bobbsey Twin seri…
The Coryston Family
Lady Coryston has inherited her husband’s estate but surprisingly has not left it on her death to Coryston (known as Corry) her oldest son. …
The Birds' Christmas Carol
Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by eve…
Bealby
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
Friendship
The idea, so common in the ancient writers, is not all a poetic conceit, that the soul of a man is only a fragment of a larger whole, and go…
The Art of Conversation
Many of us find it challenging to speak to other people, for various reasons. Some of us are afraid of being called a bore. Others are worri…
The Freelands
The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a…
Fern's Hollow
Ferns Hollow is the sad, but sweet story of a young boy who tragically loses his parents and has to care for his two sisters and crazed gran…
The Homesteader
The Homesteader is a semi-autobiographic novel about Jean Baptiste, an African-American homesteader in the Dakotas. He meets Agnes who he fa…
To The Lighthouse
The Ramsey family, with house guests, visit the Isle of Skye at least twice. The plot is not at all the point though, as this is a book abou…
Oldtown Folks
1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…