Family & Relationships
Christian Home Life
The more carefully we consider the law of the family as ordained by God, and view it in relation to the higher necessities of man’s spiritua…
That Office Boy
A new story by Father Finn! It will be glad news to many to learn that Father Finn has found time from his many duties to write a new story,…
How Bessie Kept House
Bessie desperately wants to be trusted with taking care of the house alone, instead of being bossed by Cousin Jane, while her mother goes on…
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 Corner House Girls at School
The adventures of the Corner House girls continue as they head off to school. - Summary by Lia LalloGrace Brooks Hill was a house pseudonym…
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
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…
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
A Christmas tale of John Brown's ghastly family (suburban snobs), Captain Bonaventure de Camp and his equally awful brood (a dubious crew), …
Miss Ingalis
As the story begins, title character Grace Ingalis is a young woman with a middle-class socialite's upbringing who decides to marry a well-o…
Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God
"The most important school a child should ever attend is the home. The most influential theological teachers he should ever have are Mo…
If I Had a Father
Arthur Gervaise, a London sculptor, learns too late of his love for a woman, while his absentee father secretly tries to serve and help him.…
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue were featured in a series of 20 books for young children published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1916-193…
A Collection of Family Prayers
That Family-prayer is an indispensible duty, and an important means of religion, are points which are here taken for granted. Among the many…
A Sham Princess
Bertram Sinclair and his sister Eleanor are orphans living in squalid conditions. Bert is watching as his sister "Prin" lies sick …
All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
Fairhaven
Fairhaven is the story of a very wealthy couple who lived in New York City in a palatial mansion. They had all the trappings of the super ri…
It's Like This, Cat
The Newbery-winning novel about 14-year-old Dave Mitchell, coming of age in New York City in the 1960s. A first-person narrative of everyday…
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper offers a humorous glimpse into the life of Mrs. Smith, a housekeeper who navigates the challenges an…
Mary Ware's Promised Land
In this latest and most delightful book Mary's desire to visit "The Locusts," the old home of the "Little Colonel," is g…
Pratt Portraits
Sketches of a family's life in a New England suburb at the end of the nineteenth century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle