Family & Relationships
Elsie's Children
In "Elsie's Children," the beloved characters from the "Elsie Dinsmore" series return, now as parents navigating the com…
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
After her famed book "Anne of Green Gables," Lucy Maud Montgomery continued her stories in "Chronicles of Avonlea" foll…
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…
New Chronicles of Rebecca
In New Chronicles of Rebecca, Kate Douglas Wiggin invites listeners back to the charming town of Riverboro, where the spirited Rebecca Randa…
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…
The Haunted Ship
Summer adventures on the Coast of Maine. - Summary by Carrie Gorman
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…
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…
Fireside Christmas Short Stories
A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection …
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…
Family Happiness
After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are ma…
What They Couldn't
The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as thou…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…
The Jumping-Off Place
Set in 1910, "The Jumping-Off Place" is the story of four orphaned children who leave their home in Wisconsin to "prove up&qu…
The Christmas Hirelings
It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pa…
Grandmother Elsie
Change has come to Elsie's family in the 8th book of this delightful series. Her daughter, Violet, marries a naval Captain with three childr…
The Kellys and the O'Kellys
This is the second of Trollope's four Irish novels: A complicated, funny and touching story about family, neighbors and tenants, debt, jeal…
The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
Join the Bobbsey twins—Nan, Bert, Freddie, and Flossie—as they embark on a delightful summer adventure at the seashore. In this charming tal…
The Dutch Twins
The Dutch Twins invites young listeners to explore the vibrant culture and daily life of the Netherlands through the eyes of two adventurous…
Old Christmas
A tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas. Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolm…