Family & Relationships

The Cricket on the Hearth

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
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

by Hugh Walpole Read by David Wales 4.6
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 Man of Honor

by George Eggleston Read by Roger Melin 4.5
New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…

A Christmas When The West Was Young

by Cyrus Townsend Brady Read by David Wales 4.6
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 Girls of Gardenville

by Carroll Watson Rankin Read by Betsie Bush 4.3
Step into the charming world of Gardenville, where a lively group of girls navigates the joys and challenges of adolescence. In "The Gi…

A Summer in a Canyon

by Kate Douglas Wiggin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
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 Channings

by Mrs. Henry Wood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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 House of Love

by Elizabeth Cheney Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
“‘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…

Flaming June

by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey Read by Judi Mason 4.5
The immensity of the gulf between England and the United States manifests itself on several levels in this story of a young girl’s innocent …

Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

by PV Lundqvist Read by PV Lundqvist 4.9
Product DescriptionTwelve-year-old Benny wants a pet-a dog or a cat. You know, the kind of pet every else has. But other kids don't have his…

The Trial

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
In this sequel to "The Daisy Chain," new joys and challenges meet the May family in a new season of life. The older children are a…

Little Meg's Children

by Hesba Stretton Read by fiddlesticks 4.5
This is the touching and endearing story of Little Meg and her trials and difficulties as she does her best to look after 'her children' aft…

Mother

by Kathleen Norris Read by Megan Kunkel 4.8
Mother by Kathleen Norris explores the profound relationship between a daughter and her mother through the lens of domestic life. As Margare…

The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West

by Laura Lee Hope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie go out west, and help solve a strange mystery about an old man.This is the 13th book in the Bobbsey Twin seri…

Manners for Men

by Mrs. Humphry Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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…

The Older Brother

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.6
Two brothers, one 20 years old, the other almost eighteen, and one younger sister. The older brother has had to delay his primary schooling …

The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding

by Annie Fellows Johnston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In the previous book in this series, Lloyd was the maid of honor, but now it will be the Little Colonel's turn to be the bride. But who will…

The Adopting of Rosa Marie

by Carroll Watson Rankin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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…

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.6
This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to lo…

Dombey and Son

by Charles Dickens Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) 4.4
Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…

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