Family & Relationships
The Little Colonel's House Party
Lloyd Sherman, the "Little Colonel", is a girl of eleven whose mother invites three other girls to spend a month with Lloyd in her…
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…
Fairy Prince and Other Stories
A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christ…
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…
Little Sunbeam
Peggy, age eight, blind from birth, is the Little Sunbeam in her family. Following a serious accident in London, she is sent to spend time …
Neighbors
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
Petticoat Government
The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder
Heidi
Une petite fille orpheline, Heidi, est amenée par sa tante chez son grand-père qui habite isolé sur l’Alpe, loin des ho…
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…
The Little Grey House
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…
The Mother and the Child
In this insightful lecture from 1915, renowned educational reformer Maria Montessori explores the profound relationship between mothers and …
Our Little English Cousin
Find out about the life of Edith, a little English child living at the turn of the last century. This is a fictionalised account of her dai…
Liliecrona's Home
Liliecrona's Home was published in Sweden 1911, translated into English by Anna Harwell and published in London in 1913. The story is set in…
Don't Marry
This book doesn't advise against marriage but just offers advice on the errors some people can make who make the wrong choice when entering …
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…
Mary Ware in Texas
A continuation of the adventures of Mary Ware, the chum of the Little Colonel and the heroine of the tenth volume in the "Little Colone…
The Birds' Christmas Carol
Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by eve…
The Homesteader
The Homesteader is a semi-autobiographic novel about Jean Baptiste, an African-American homesteader in the Dakotas. He meets Agnes who he fa…
Dad's Trip to Brisbane
Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…
Social Life in England
In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ra…