Family & Relationships
Eight Cousins (Version 3)
Read by Marina
Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and…
The Pennycomequicks
Read by Michael Reuss
Sabine Baring-Gould
The Pennycomequicks is the charming and witty story of a dysfunctional English family in the late 19th century, scattered to the winds, scar…
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Annie Fellows Johnston
In this delightful story ”The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation” by Annie Fellows Johnston the Little Colonel, Lloyd Sherman. together wit…
Jeremy
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
With affectionate humor, Mr. Walpole tells the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet …
From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse
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Variousandolive Beaupre Miller
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for lit…
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill
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Alice B. Emerson
Brave, adventurous and loyal, recently-orphaned Ruth Fielding is sent to live with her estranged Uncle Jabez at the Red Mill in Cheslow, New…
Emily's Quest
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the third and final book in the "Emily of New Moon" trilogy.This is the story of Emily Starr's uneven climb from success i…
What Katy Did (Dramatic Reading)
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Susan Coolidge
Katy Carr always gets in trouble for everything. When her mother died, she told Katy to be a mother to the little ones. But it seems like Ka…
The Dutch Twins
Read by Bianca Kramer
Lucy Fitch Perkins
This book is the first of a series of stories for supplementary reading the purpose of which is to give children a correct idea of life in d…
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea
Read by Nan Dodge
Laura Lee Hope
This is the 11th in the original series of books about the Bobbseys -- two sets of twins in one family, solving mysteries and having adventu…
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
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Charlotte Turner Smith
This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and h…
The Wind in the Willows (Version 6)
Read by Sarbaga Falk
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows is a classic children's book--enjoyed by all ages!--by British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Be…
Elsie's New Relations
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Martha Finley
In this ninth book in the classic Elsie Dinsmore series, the family finishes their summer at the seaside and returns to Ion. The narrative t…
Bits About Home Matters
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Helen Hunt Jackson
This book is a collection of short observations by Helen Hunt Jackson, several with children and parenting as the subject matter. (Summary b…
The Little Colonel's House Party
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Annie Fellows Johnston
Lloyd Sherman, the "Little Colonel", is a girl of eleven whose mother invites three other girls to spend a month with Lloyd in her…
Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)
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Steele Rudd
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…
The Old Peabody Pew
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
A sweet, old fashioned Christmas romance set in an old New England meeting house. (Summary by Maria Therese)
The Little Minister
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J. M. Barrie
Before "Peter Pan" came "The Little Minister", J.M. Barrie's first published novel. This is not a children's book, but r…
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace)
Read by Daryl Wor
Harriet Lummis Smith
In this fifth and (as far as is known) final volume of Peggy Raymond and her Friendly Terrace entourage, we find the Girls winding down from…
Elsie at Nantucket
Read by Amy
Martha Finley
Elsie and her family travel to Nantucket Island to spend the summer. The Raymond children and others learn important lessons. After a deligh…