Family & Relationships
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…
A Christmas When The West Was Young
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…
The Art of Kissing
The Art of Kissing by Will Rossiter explores the rich history and cultural significance of one of humanity's most universal expressions of a…
The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers
Polly Pepper loves to tell stories, but there just isn't enough room in the other books to include her stories! So, since "the author h…
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 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…
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 …
The Windy Hill
When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin …
Pollyanna's Debt of Honor
This is the fifth Pollyanna Glad Book. Pollyanna is kept busy teaching her famous "glad game" to others and thus spreading her own…
The Channings
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…
The Cricket on the Hearth
John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious …
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…
A Summer in a Canyon
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's Christmas Vacation
In this delightful story ”The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation” by Annie Fellows Johnston the Little Colonel, Lloyd Sherman. together wit…
The Freelands
The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a…
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…
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…
Odd
He found the word for her, and she read with difficulty, 'Trouble, distress, great affliction.''Do they all mean tribulation?' she asked.'Tr…
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…
Manners for Men
Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social obs…