Family & Relationships
The Confessions of a Daddy
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…
The Adopting of Rosa Marie
In this charming girl's book we meet again the four chums of Dandelion Cottage. Their friendship knit closer than ever by their summer at pl…
The House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…
Anne's House of Dreams
The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first …
The Pennycomequicks
The Pennycomequicks is the charming and witty story of a dysfunctional English family in the late 19th century, scattered to the winds, scar…
Pickett's Gap
Rival railroads want to run a rail line through Pickett's Gap. A heartwarming tale of how 13-year-old Dannie Pickett tries to stop them from…
The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West
Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie go out west, and help solve a strange mystery about an old man.This is the 13th book in the Bobbsey Twin seri…
Teddy's Button
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 …
Next Christmas in Girouette
Next Christmas in Girouette is a full-length novel for people of all ages—nine to ninety-nine—who want to share a heart-warming literary adv…
Jeremy And Hamlet
Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy (Jeremy (1919 available a…
Pratt Portraits
Sketches of a family's life in a New England suburb at the end of the nineteenth century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Letters to His Children
The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the Pre…
Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
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 House of Love
“‘Little gal,’ he repeated, ‘air ye all alone in the world?’This time the sound resolved itself into an unmistakable sob.”With these words w…
The Bobbsey Twins at Cloverbank
Come along with The Bobbsey Twins for more adventures, as they spend a summer on a farm!This is book number 19 in the series. (Summary by Ma…
Peggy's Trial
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
Clematis
An orphan is found by police and taken to a children's home. In the summer she is sent to the country where a surprise awaits her. - Summary…
The Heart of the Ancient Wood
A woman and her daughter take refuge in a cabin deep in the Canadian forest. This is a tale of survival from the land, friendship and love.…
The Luck of the Dudley Grahams
The Luck of the Dudley Grahams is the story of the four Graham children and their recently widowed mother, trying to make ends meet by takin…
Consequences
Set in late Victorian England, “Consequences” follows the life of Alexandra Clare, a girl born into an upper class Catholic London family. R…