Family & Relationships

His First and Last Appearance

Read by Maria Therese


Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.


The scene of the story is laid partly in Milwaukee, partly in New York. It describes the trials of the orphaned Lachance children. The boy h…

The Little Colonel in Arizona

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Annie Fellows Johnston


In The Little Colonel in Arizona the story is centered around the Ware family, who, after their husband and father has died, and due to the …

What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Susan Coolidge


Following Katy's recovery in What Katy Did, Katy and Clover go to Hillsover, a boarding school. Together with their new friend Rosamond Redd…

Pollyanna's Jewels

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Harriet Lummis Smith


In this fourth "Glad Book", Pollyanna returns to her public, no longer the young bride struggling with the problems of housekeepin…

The Prairie Wife

Read by Jennifer Perree


Arthur Stringer


GeeGee has fallen, in love that is. Witty, funny, intelligent. Gee Gee's Letters to her friend tell the unscripted story of the adventures i…

Marriage, volume 2

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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier


Lady Juliana is the daughter of the Earl of Courtland. She receives a marriage proposal from a wealthy Duke but much to the horror of her fa…

Liliecrona's Home

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)


Selma Lagerlöf


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…

The Adventures of Tommy Blake

Read by Maria Therese


Brother Ernest Ryan


Child of an atheist father and a devoutly Catholic mother, Tommy has been from childhood the object of a battle of love. Tommy’s courage and…

The Little Grey House

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Marion Ames Taggart


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…

A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story (Dramatic Reading)

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Kate Douglas Wiggin


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 Fairchild Family

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Mary Martha Sherwood


The adventures of Lucy, Emily and Henry are described in this short novel, written and set in Regency England. Their naughtiness, their acti…

The Story Girl (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery


Carlisle on St. Edwards Island may appear to the outside world to be a quiet, rural farming town, but to a group of 8 teens and tweens, its …

Eddie of Jackson's Gang

Read by Maria Therese


Brother Ernest Ryan


Eddie. That is the only name our young, musically talented hero knew for himself. After being left at a Catholic orphanage as a young child,…

Wives and Daughters (Dramatic Reading)

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Molly and her father have lived alone since the death of her mother. Now Mr Gibson decides it will be in Molly's best interests for him to m…

Correio da Roça

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Júlia Lopes De Almeida


Maria ficou viúva e os credores levaram a vida de luxo e abastança em que viviam no Rio de Janeiro. E ela e as 4 filhas, educa…

Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs (version 2)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn yo…

The Spirit of Christmas (version 2)

Read by David Leeson


Henry van Dyke


A collection of short Christmas works by the author of The Story of the Fourth Wise Man (Summary by D. Leeson).

The Confessions of a Daddy

Read by Phil Chenevert


Ellis Parker Butler


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 Heel of Achilles

Read by CJ Plogue


E. M. Delafield


After a difficult childhood, Lydia Raymond, a lower middle class girl, decides to explore her own individuality and climbs the social ladder…

Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage

Read by David Wales


Rodris Roth


The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …

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