Family & Relationships
Old Rose And Silver
The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives …
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…
Mildred at Roselands
In order to recover her health, Mildred Keith goes to visit her mother's extended family, the Dinsmores, in the South. Mildred makes new fri…
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
When a neighbor brings word that Grandma is sick, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett hurry off to tend to her, leaving their seven children to prepare for…
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…
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
After her famed book "Anne of Green Gables," Lucy Maud Montgomery continued her stories in "Chronicles of Avonlea" foll…
Elsie at Nantucket
Elsie and her family travel to Nantucket Island to spend the summer. The Raymond children and others learn important lessons. After a deligh…
Peggy Raymond's Way
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…
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…
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…
Christie's Old Organ
Christie is all alone in the world after his mother dies. He lives in a boarding house and every night creeps up the attic stairs to hear an…
The Rose Garden Husband
This novel was written by Margaret Widdemer, who won the Pulitzer prize for her collection of poetry in 1919. Phyllis is a 25-years-old chi…
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. …
Rilla of Ingleside
Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth of the eight "…
Jack and Jill
When Jack and Jill tumble off their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months, pu…
More About Pixie
Pixie is older, her world becomes wider. The stories of her sister Bridgie and her brother Jack emerge, and also that of an intriguing neigh…
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.…
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…
Eight Cousins
When frail, sickly Rose Campbell is left an orphan following the death of her father, she moves with her eccentric bachelor uncle to a place…
Betty Baird's Golden Year
It seems that all the people close to Betty are going through major life changes. Lois is certainly spending a lot of time with Dunmore Lane…