Family & Relationships
Eight Cousins
Read by Clarica
Louisa May Alcott
This is the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Ros…
The Box-Car Children
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Gertrude Chandler Warner
Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stra…
The Story Girl
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Story Girl, by Anne of Green Gables author L.M. Montgomery, tells about the summer Felix and Beverly King visit their cousins in Carlise…
To The Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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…
A Dog's Tale
Read by Aaron Elliott
Mark Twain
This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart…
Cloudy Jewel
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Grace Livingston Hill
Julia Cloud, the oldest--and most responsible--child of her family, helped raise her four siblings due to their mother's long-time illness a…
Marcia Schuyler
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Grace Livingston Hill
A compelling love triangle. Marcia is young & sweet. Her older sister Kate is vain & selfish. Marcia deeply admires the man that Kat…
What Maisie Knew
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Henry James
When Beale and Ida Farange are divorced, the court decrees that their only child, the very young Maisie, will shuttle back and forth between…
A Girl of the Limberlost
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Gene Stratton-Porter
A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was first published in August, 1909. T…
Aunt Crete's Emancipation
Read by Cori Samuel
Grace Livingston Hill
Aunt Lucretia — 'Crete' to her family — is a sweet, patient older woman, who lives with her narrow-minded sister and spoilt niece, acting as…
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
Read by Alisa
Various
Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book…
Jack and Jill
Read by Mary Anderson
Louisa May Alcott
Jack and Jill went up a hillTo coast with fun and laughter.Jack fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling after.When Jack and Jil…
Phoebe Deane
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Grace Livingston Hill
Second book in the Marcia Schuyler trilogy. Phoebe Deane lives almost as a servant in her brother's home, tormented by her hateful sister-in…
Private Sex Advice to Women
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R. B. Armitage
In this book the writer thereof seeks to convey to women—particularly to young wives and women expecting to be married—certain important fac…
Laddie
Read by Bridget Gaige
Gene Stratton-Porter
Based on the author's own life, this book tells the story of "little sister". The youngest of eleven, she is unwanted in the begin…
Japanese Girls and Women
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Alice Bacon
A clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate …
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca goes to live with her two stern aunts in a village in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. (summary from Wikipedia)
The Superstition of Divorce
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
This short book was written in 1920, and in it Chesterton, with his usual wit and incisive logic, presents a series of articles defending ma…
Fireside Christmas Short Stories
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Various
A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection …
The Vicar of Wakefield (version 2)
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Oliver Goldsmith
First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it. The story opens …