Family & Relationships
Ruffles and Danny, or the Responsibilty of Ruffles
Read by TriciaG
Margery Watson
A nice little story about a widower, his 18-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, and their vacation from their home in Colorado to the shor…
The Visioning, A Novel
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Susan Glaspell
"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…
A Christmas Miscellany
Read by David Wales
Various
A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales
The Tale of Muley Cow
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Arthur Scott Bailey
This series of Tuck Me In Tales and Slumber Town Tales of animal stories for children from three to eight years, tells of the adventures of …
Half a Century
Read by Pamela Nagami
Jane Grey Swisshelm
In the spring of 1850, while the United States was polarized over the slavery debate and Daniel Webster was negotiating the compromise of th…
Fairy Prince and Other Stories
Read by Nan Dodge
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christ…
The Birthday Party, A Story for Little Folks
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams
Flora Lee's birthday came in July. Her mother wished very much to celebrate the occasion in a proper manner. Flora was a good girl, and her …
Human Toll
Read by Kirsty Leishman
Barbara Baynton
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…
The Pussycat Princess
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Edward Anthony
This pussycat is out to have some adventurous fun in this enjoyable fairy tale for boys, girls and parents. Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Homesteader
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Oscar Micheaux
The Homesteader is a semi-autobiographic novel about Jean Baptiste, an African-American homesteader in the Dakotas. He meets Agnes who he fa…
A Queen
Read by Esther ben Simonides
Ottilie Wildermuth
Maggie is an orphan who depends on the charity of the farmer she lives with. She tries to be cheerful and helpful to everyone where she is. …
The Portion of Labor
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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
This is the story of Ellen Brewster, pretty little daughter of shoe-mill workers in a Northeastern US town of the late 19th century. After t…
The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 6
Read by Jim Locke
Max Arthur Macauliffe
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. Macauliffe had exte…
Daddy Takes Us Skating
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Howard R. Garis
Hal and Mabel's Daddy knows everything - how a thermometer works, what makes a car go, why we get warm when we run. It's a cold and icy even…
Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins
Read by Jim Locke
W. L. Hunter
This short work attempts to establish that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah, who had been made black-skinned as …
Tommy and Grizel
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J. M. Barrie
This book continues Sentimental Tommy, also in the Librivox catalogue. Tommy grows up and marries Grizel. But life is not only roses and rai…
Tom and Some Other Girls: A Public School Story
Read by Judi Mason
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Impetuous, self-centered Rhoda goes to boarding school and learns hard lessons. This is a story of recklessness and forgiveness. (Summary b…
Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends
Read by Michelle Hannah
Martha Finley
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…
Return to Gone-Away
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Elizabeth Enright
When Portia Blake and her family came back to Gone-Away Lake, it was to move into an old house locked up tightly for nearly half a century. …
Charlie and His Kitten Topsy
Read by Linette Geisel
Helen Hill
A darling story of little Charlie and his adventures with cats and kittens and how he became many things. Also how the kitten Topsy, unhapp…