Family & Relationships

The House by the Medlar Tree

by Giovanni Verga Read by Tom Denholm 4.2
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…

The Cinder Pond

by Carroll Watson Rankin Read by Betsie Bush 4.8
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…

The Bobbsey Twins at Home

by Laura Lee Hope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is the eighth book in the "Bobbsey Twins" series. In it Flossie and Freddie find, in a big snow storm, the lost father of Tom…

The Christmas Child

by Hesba Stretton Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.7
A short sweet, yet sad, Christmas story about forgiveness, but especially about loving others for who they are and not for who we want them …

The Confessions of a Daddy

by Ellis Parker Butler Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
The wry humor of Ellis Parker Butler, who gave us the classic Pigs Is Pigs, takes us into his own married life where Marthy and Hiram live q…

That Mother-in-Law of Mine

by William James McGlothlin Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.5
Here we were, only a month married, and spending our honeymoon at a most charming summer resort, where there was no excuse for getting out o…

A Summer in a Canyon

by Kate Douglas Wiggin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A group of friends spend a summer camping in a canyon in Southern California. Fun camp adventures, breath-taking scenery, and a little state…

The Little Colonel at Boarding-School

by Annie Fellows Johnston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Because of the illness of her grandfather, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, finds herself being sent off to boarding school from her home …

Flaming June

by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey Read by Judi Mason 4.5
The immensity of the gulf between England and the United States manifests itself on several levels in this story of a young girl’s innocent …

Sunshine and Snow

by Harold Bindloss Read by Laurie Banza 4.6
A harrowing and dramatic story of four siblings from Scotland who are poor and orphaned. The eldest brother, Arthur, is guardian to his two …

What Katy Did at School

by Susan Coolidge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Following Katy's recovery in What Katy Did, Katy and Clover go to Hillsover, a boarding school. Together with their new friend Rosamond Redd…

Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

by PV Lundqvist Read by PV Lundqvist 4.9
Product DescriptionTwelve-year-old Benny wants a pet-a dog or a cat. You know, the kind of pet every else has. But other kids don't have his…

The Little Grey House

by Marion Ames Taggart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Grey House is grey in color and is home to the Grey family. In this, the first of the Grey House books, we are introduced to the three G…

Pollyanna's Debt of Honor

by Harriet Lummis Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the fifth Pollyanna Glad Book. Pollyanna is kept busy teaching her famous "glad game" to others and thus spreading her own…

Teddy's Button

by Amy Le Feuvre Read by Kylie Goodfellow 4.8
Teddy is a little boy who cares about his father's button more than anything in the world. He wants to be in the Queen's army when he grows …

Heidi

by Johanna Spyri Read by Caroline Sophie 4.7
Une petite fille orpheline, Heidi, est amenée par sa tante chez son grand-père qui habite isolé sur l’Alpe, loin des ho…

Watch and Wait

by William Taylor Adams and Oliver Optic Read by Scarlett Martin 4.9
One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves bef…

The Cricket on the Hearth

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious …

The Channings

by Mrs. Henry Wood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The "stars" of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Cha…

A Christmas When The West Was Young

by Cyrus Townsend Brady Read by David Wales 4.6
Set against the harsh backdrop of a winter blizzard, A Christmas When The West Was Young weaves a poignant tale of family and resilience. As…

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