Kate Douglas Wiggin
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The Talking Beasts
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
Step into a menagerie where foxes scheme, lions judge, donkeys complain, and small birds outwit giants. Retold with bright humor and kindly wisdom, these classic fables and folk-tales let beasts speak truths we dodge—about vanity, courage, greed, and grace. Perfect for reading aloud, they turn everyday mischief into clear-eyed lessons and laughter.
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Homespun Tales
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A charming collection of stories celebrates everyday life, kindness, and human resilience. Through humor, warmth, and gentle wisdom, these tales reveal the beauty in simple moments, the strength of community, and the enduring power of compassion.
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The Story of Waitstill Baxter
Categories: Fiction » Romance
Two orphaned sisters in a stern New England village live under the iron thrift of their deacon father, who barters their futures like accounts to be settled. Between quilting bees, parish feuds, and whispering neighbors, each must choose between duty and desire. When a secret courtship and a desperate flight upset the town’s piety, courage and sisterly loyalty become the only path to freedom.
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Tales of Laughter
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A heartwarming collection of humorous stories that celebrate the quirks, misadventures, and joys of everyday life. With charm and gentle wit, each tale brings laughter and delight while revealing the warmth of human nature.
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The Fairy Ring
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
Discover a treasury where youngest sons outwit giants, clever girls break wicked spells, and talking beasts remind us what matters. Gathered from many lands and retold with warmth, these tales tumble from hearthside to castle hall, mixing mischief, mercy, and just-right justice. Read aloud or dream alone—each story renews the hope that kindness and courage can change the world.
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Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A collection of enchanting stories designed to spark imagination and delight young readers. Filled with magic, adventure, and timeless lessons, each tale invites children into a world of wonder, curiosity, and moral discovery.
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The Story Hour
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
In a small New England schoolroom, a spirited teacher gathers restless children for an hour of tales that become mirrors and doorways: runaways learn courage, mischief finds mercy, shy hearts discover a voice. Between chalk dust and kitchen lamps, little dramas of kindness, honesty, and imagination unfold, turning ordinary days into lessons that linger long after the books are shut.
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Penelope's Progress
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
Three witty American friends decamp to the Scottish Highlands, turning sketchbook notes into misadventures: lodging scrapes, stern kirk mornings, peat fires, rainy picnics, and courtly—if confusing—romances. With barbed charm and generous heart, the narrator discovers how pride, poetry, and hospitality reshape her notions of love, class, and home.
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The Girl and the Kingdom
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
In a wind-swept New England village, a bright, stubborn girl dreams up a tiny “kingdom” of everyday mercies—sharing meals, mending quarrels, and coaxing lonely hearts back into the circle. When gossip and pride threaten her fragile commonwealth, she must risk comfort and reputation to prove that courage, kindness, and a little mischief can change a town.
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The Flag-Raising
Categories: Fiction » Literature
In a one-room schoolhouse, a spirited teacher and her mischievous pupils plan the village’s first flag-raising. Pranks collide with pride as shy singers, stubborn selectmen, and a reformed scamp pull together for the ceremony. Laughter, scrapes, and a swelling hymn turn a simple pole into a promise—and a small town into a community.
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A Village Stradivarius
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
In a quiet New England village, a gifted young violin maker crafts instruments of unmatched beauty in his humble workshop. Living in poverty, his genius echoes a legendary master. As whispers of his talent spread, tempting offers of fame test his solitary devotion. This tender tale of passion and sacrifice explores the enduring power of art and the choice between quiet craft and worldly acclaim.
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Mother Carey's Chickens
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
In a warm New England home, a brave widow and her spirited children face hardship with humor, courage, and love. Through trials, laughter, and the kindness of strangers, they learn that true wealth lies not in money, but in family, friendship, and the steadfast hope that brightens even the darkest days.
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New Chronicles of Rebecca
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
Returning to her beloved village, a spirited young girl faces the trials of growing up with wit, heart, and imagination. Through small triumphs, mischief, and moments of deep insight, she learns that kindness, courage, and dreams can turn ordinary life into something extraordinary.
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The Diary of a Goose Girl
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
An American abroad takes a summer post herding geese on an English farm, keeping a sprightly diary of mud-splashed lessons, quarrelsome ganders, and neighbors who trade gossip like currency. Between market-days and May-day revels she finds unexpected pride in honest work—and a tender romance that waddles into her path—discovering how a small village can enlarge a heart.
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Penelope's English Experiences
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Three American friends cross the Atlantic in search of cathedrals, teacups, and a dash of romance, only to discover that English manners are as tricky as London fog. Between mishaps in hotels, misunderstandings with suitors, and delightfully sharp observations, a witty traveler chronicles how curiosity—and a stubbornly hopeful heart—turns every faux pas into adventure.
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Penelope's Experiences in Scotland
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Three plucky American friends journey north of the border, swapping London fog for heathered hills, ruined castles, and curling mists. Their sketchbook of mishaps—wayward guides, bracing kirk sermons, baffling dialects, and unexpected suitors—becomes a warm, witty love letter to Scotland, where friendship deepens, pride softens, and romance steals in like a Highland breeze.
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The Village Watch-Tower
Categories: Fiction » Educational
From the window of a hilltop cottage, a lonely woman watches the life of a New England village unfold—loves begun at the gate, quarrels patched on the road, secrets whispered at the post office. In gossip, laughter, and small sorrows, she discovers how deeply she belongs to the people she only observes, and how they shape her heart.
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Ladies-In-Waiting
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A charming and insightful tale of young women navigating society, friendship, and personal growth. Through humor, romance, and thoughtful observation, it explores manners, aspirations, and the delicate balance of character and ambition in their everyday lives.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A high-spirited country girl is sent to live with her stern aunt in a quiet New England village, where mischief, poetry, and fierce optimism often collide with rules. As schoolroom battles, neighborly feuds, and small disasters test her grit, she discovers her voice, softens hard hearts, and learns that ambition and kindness can turn a humble beginning into a shining future.
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