Historical
The Little Duke
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based on the the life of Richard, Duke of Normandy. He assumes the title of Duke…
The Children of the New Forest (version 2)
Read by Nick Whitley
Frederick Marryat
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War …
The Iliad for Boys and Girls
Read by Lizzie Driver
Alfred John Church
Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a sty…
Little Men (Version 3, Dramatic Reading)
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Louisa May Alcott
Jo March's dreams of opening a home for boys comes true as she finds herself the mistress of Plumfield, a boarding school for children -- wh…
Otto of the Silver Hand
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Howard Pyle
The story of little Otto, a gentle, peace-loving child born into the heart of turmoil and strife in the castle of a feuding robber baron in …
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
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Joseph A. Altsheler
This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living in the wilds of the Kentucky frontier of the 1700's. The story follows Henry as he helps…
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)
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James Baldwin
Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy,…
Saint George for England
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G. A. Henty
A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed i…
Indian Child Life
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Charles Alexander Eastman
The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (th…
By Pike and Dyke
Read by David Leeson
G. A. Henty
It is the 1570's, and the people of the Netherlands live in terror under the cruel dominion of Spain. Though many long to be free of Spanish…
Sir Gibbie
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George MacDonald
These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not being able to read or speak, Gibbie survives on the streets without a…
Outlaws of Ravenhurst
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Sister M. Imelda Wallace
This exciting historical adventure depicts the last stand of the Gordons - God's "outlaws" - fighting for their Catholic Faith in …
Puck of Pook's Hill
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Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different period…
Unknown to History
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow
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Allen French
Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neig…
Child Life in Colonial Days
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Alice Morse Earle
The accounts of old-time child life gathered for this book are wholly unconscious and full of honesty and simplicity, not only from the atti…
Elsie's Widowhood
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Martha Finley
The seventh in the Elsie Dinsmore series, this book begins with the death of Elsie's beloved husband. As Elsie learns to live in widowhood, …
Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786
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Eva K. Betz
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass…
A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter
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Alice Turner Curtis
Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in Charleston, South Carolina, before the opening of the Civil War. She loves h…
A Group of Noble Dames
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Thomas Hardy
The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…