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Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle as She Saw it from the BelfryHolmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894enPyle, Howard, 1853-1911 [Illustrator]2007-06-26
Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother'sMay, Sophie, 1833-1906en2007-02-27
A Grandmother's RecollectionsChurch, Ella Rodman, 1831-en2004-03-01
Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and GirlsMolesworth, Mrs., 1839-1921en2007-04-02
Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouseUnknownenCats -- Juvenile fiction; Mice -- Juvenile fiction2008-11-28
More Tales of the RidingsMoorman, Frederic William, 1872-1919enMelsh Dick -- Two Letters -- A Miracle -- Tales of a grandmother: I. The Tree of Knowledge; II. Janet's Cove -- The Potato and the Pig -- Coals of Fire2006-04-26
Grandmother ElsieFinley, Martha, 1828-1909en2005-02-02
The Gay CockadeBailey, Temple, -1953enThe gay cockade -- The hidden land -- White birches -- The emperor's ghost -- The red candle -- Returned goods -- Burned toast -- Petronella -- The canopy bed -- Sandwich Jane -- Lady Crusoe -- A rebellious grandmother -- Wait--for Prince Charming -- Beggars on horseback.Chambers, C. E. [Illustrator]2005-08-04
Little GrandmotherMay, Sophie, 1833-1906enGirls -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Family -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction2008-05-18
Reveries of a SchoolmasterPearson, Francis B. (Francis Bail), 1853-enIn medias res -- Retrospect -- Brown -- Psychological -- Balking -- Lanterns -- Complete living -- My speech -- School-teaching -- Beefsteak -- Freedom -- Things -- Targets -- Sinners -- Hoeing potatoes -- Changing the mind -- The point of view -- Picnics -- Make-believe -- Behavior -- Forefingers -- Story-telling -- Grandmother -- My world -- This or that -- Rabbit pedagogy -- Perspective -- Purely pedagogical -- Longevity -- Four-leaf clover -- Mountain-climbing.2004-07-29
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabeFord, Sewell, 1868-1946enGoliah and the purple lid -- How Maizie came through -- Where Spotty fitted in -- A grandmother who got going -- A long shot on DeLancey -- Playing Harold both ways -- Cornelia shows some class -- Doping out an odd one -- Handing Bobby a blank -- Marmaduke slips one over -- A look in on the goat game -- Mrs. Truckles' broad jump -- Heiney takes the gloom cure -- A try-out for Toodleism -- The case of the Tiscotts -- Classing Tutwater right -- How Hermy put it over -- Joy riding with aunty -- Turning a trick for Beany.New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American2008-09-04
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve AuthorsenThe father / William Dean Howells -- The old-maid aunt / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The grandmother / Mary Heaton Vorse -- The daughter-in-law / Mary Stewert Cutting -- The school-girl / Elizabeth Jordan -- The son-in-law / John Kendrick Bangs -- The married son / Henry James -- The married daughter / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- The mother / Edith Wyatt -- The school-boy / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews -- Peggy / Alice Brown -- The friend of the family / Henry Van Dyke.2004-02-01
Heidi (Gift Edition)Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901enPART I HEIDI'S YEARS OF LEARNING AND TRAVEL I Going up to the Alm-Uncle II. With the Grandfather III. On the Pasture IV. In the Grandmother's Hut V. Two Visitors VI. A New Chapter with New Things VII. Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable Day VIII. Great Disturbances in the Sesemann House IX. The Master of the House Hears of Strange Doings X. A Grandmama XI. Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in Others XII. The Sesemann House is Haunted XIII. Up the Alp on a Summer Evening XIV. On Sunday When the Church Bells Ring PART II HEIDI MAKES USE OF HER EXPERIENCE XV. Preparations for a Journey XVI. A Guest on the Alp XVII. Retaliation XVIII. Winter in the Village XIX. Winter Still Continues XX. News from Distant Friends XXI. On Further Events on the Alp XXII. Something Unexpected Happens XXIII. Parting to Meet AgainOrphans -- Fiction; Grandfathers -- Fiction; Mountain life -- Switzerland -- Fiction; Switzerland -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction2007-03-09
Small Means and Great EndsenSmall means and great ends. -- Mary Ellen. -- The dead child to its mother. -- Hope. -- The young soldier. -- The stolen children. -- My grandmother's cottage. -- The first oath. -- The fairy's gift. -- A lesson taught by nature. -- Florence Drew. -- Shechem. -- "Are we not all brothers and sisters?" -- Fortune-telling. -- The boy who stole the nails. -- The childless mother. -- The motherless child. -- Faith. -- The snow-birds. -- Mount Carmel. -- The philosophy of life. -- The starving poor of Ireland. -- The sabbath school festival. -- Nelly Grey. -- The four evangelists. -- May-Day. -- The snow-drop. --Caging birds.Adams, M. H. (Mary Hall), 1816-1860 [Editor]Children's stories; Children's poetry; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction2004-03-01
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for GirlsVariousenThe King's Daughter -- The Old Brown House -- A Story for School Girls -- What One Lie Did -- Two Ways of Reading the Bible -- Courtesy to Strangers -- Live for Something -- Jennie Browning -- Past and Future -- Anna's Difficulty -- Company Manners -- Confide In Mother -- They Took Me In -- The Little Sisters -- A Valuable Secret -- Telling Mother -- A Story of School Life -- How Bess Managed Tom -- A Little Girl's Thoughts -- Careless Gracie's Lesson -- Vicarious Punishment -- Patty's Secret -- Mopsey's Mistake -- A Girl's Song -- Carrie's Marks -- Susie's Prayer -- The Stolen Orange -- Wee Janet's Problem -- Bertha's Grandmother -- Putting Off Till To-morrow -- Nothing Finished -- What's The Use -- Susy Diller's Christmas Feast -- The Barn That Blossomed -- I Shall Not Want -- How Dorothy Helped the Angel -- One Girl's Influence -- Two Kinds of Service -- Duty and Pleasure -- The Dangerous Door -- The Golden Windows -- Trust Always: Never Fret -- The New Life -- The Impossible Yesterday -- A Child's Puzzle -- How She Showed She Was Sorry.2004-08-06
The Yellow Fairy BookenThe cat and the mouse in partnership -- The six swans -- The dragon of the North -- Story of the emperor's new clothes -- The golden crab -- The iron stove -- The dragon and his grandmother -- The donkey cabbage -- The little green frog -- The seven-headed serpent -- The grateful beasts -- The giants and the herd-boy -- The invisible prince -- The crow -- How six men travelled through the wide world -- The wizard king -- The nixy -- The glass mountain -- Alphege, or The green monkey -- Fairer-than-a-fairy -- The three brothers -- The boy and the wolves, or The broken promise -- The glass axe -- The dead wife -- In the land of souls -- The white duck -- The witch and her servants -- The magic ring -- The flower queen's daughter -- The flying ship -- The snow-daughter and the fire-son -- The story of King Frost -- The death of the sun-hero -- The witch -- The hazel-nut child -- The story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus -- Prince Ring -- The swineherd -- How to tell a true princess -- The blue mountains -- The tinder-box -- The witch in the stone boat -- Thumbelina -- The nightingale -- Hermod and Hadvor -- The steadfast tin-soldier -- Blockhead Hans -- A story about a darning-needle.Fairy tales; Folklore2009-03-12
The Yellow Fairy BookLang, Andrew, 1844-1912enThe cat and the mouse in partnership -- The six swans -- The dragon of the North -- Story of the emperor's new clothes -- The golden crab -- The iron stove -- The dragon and his grandmother -- The donkey cabbage -- The little green frog -- The seven-headed serpent -- The grateful beasts -- The giants and the herd-boy -- The invisible prince -- The crow -- How six men travelled through the wide world -- The wizard king -- The nixy -- The glass mountain -- Alphege, or The green monkey -- Fairer-than-a-fairy -- The three brothers -- The boy and the wolves, or The broken promise -- The glass axe -- The dead wife -- In the land of souls -- The white duck -- The witch and her servants -- The magic ring -- The flower queen's daughter -- The flying ship -- The snow-daughter and the fire-son -- The story of King Frost -- The death of the sun-hero -- The witch -- The hazel-nut child -- The story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus -- Prince Ring -- The swineherd -- How to tell a true princess -- The blue mountains -- The tinder-box -- The witch in the stone boat -- Thumbelina -- The nightingale -- Hermod and Hadvor -- The steadfast tin-soldier -- Blockhead Hans -- A story about a darning-needle.Fairy tales; Folklore1996-08-01
Fifty-Two Stories For GirlsenGloria Dene's schoolfellows, by Ryeman -- My year at school, by Watson -- The silver star, by Holderness -- Uncle Tone, by Godkin -- A night on the road, by Watson -- The missing letter, by Chappell -- "The colonel", by Dicken -- Nettie, by Sayers -- The magic cabinet, by Hooper -- Only Tim, by Doudney -- Smith's sister, by Overton -- The colonel's boy, by Hervey -- 'Twixt life and death, by Joughin -- Rose's birthday present, by Delbrassine -- Dolly Hardcastle's rosebuds, by Pearce -- A tale of Simla, by Bourchier -- The Trevern treasure, by Hardy -- A memorable day, by Doudney -- Dora, by Miles -- Little peace, by Ryeman -- The story of Wassili and Daria, by Guillemard -- Marjorie May, by Everett-Green -- Fourth cousins, by Stables -- The pedlar's pack, by Jackson -- The unbidden guest, by Forester -- The wreck of the May Queen, by Jackson -- Adrift on the Pacific, by Jackson -- A strange visitor, by Heighington -- The third person singular, by Hardy -- "How Jack minded the baby", by Pinho -- My grandmother's adventure, by Miles -- A terrible Christmas Eve, by Jackson -- A night of horror, by Miles -- Aunt Grieves' silver, by Jackson -- Billjim, by Le Sotgille -- The legends of Langaffer, by Caumont -- How Cicely danced before the king, by Archer -- A mother of Queens From "Old Romance" -- The story of Grizel Cochrand -- A wife's stratagem, by Hardy -- The king's tragedy, by Miles -- The stranger, by Bell -- Love will find a way, by Nithsdale.Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929 [Editor]Children's stories; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction2008-07-02
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)VariousenAnatole Dubois at de Horse Show, by Amsbary -- The Billville Spirit Meeting, by Stanton -- The British Matron, by Hawthorne -- The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by Riley -- Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt, by Lewis -- A Cry from the Consumer, by Nesbit -- The Curse of the Competent, by Finn -- Darby and Joan, by Honeywood -- The Day We Do Not Celebrate, by Burdette -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay", by Holmes -- The Deacon's Trout, by Beecher -- A Disappointment, by O'Reilly -- Distichs, by Hay -- Down Around the River, by Riley -- Enough, by Masson -- The Experiences of the A.C., by Taylor -- The Feast of the Monkeys, by Sousa -- The Fighting Race, by Clarke -- The Grammatical Boy, by Nye -- Grizzly-Gru, by Ironquill -- John Henry in a Street Car, by McHugh -- Laffing, by Billings -- A Letter from Mr. Biggs, by Howe -- A Medieval Discoverer, by Nye -- Melons, by Harte -- The Menagerie, by Moody -- Mrs. Johnson, by Howells -- The Muskeeter, by Billings -- My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan, by Peck -- Myopia, by Rice -- An Odyssey of K's, by Nesbit -- The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Phelps -- The Organ, by Beecher -- Partingtonian Patchwork, by Shillaber -- Pass, by Ironquill -- The Pettibone Lineage, by Fields -- A Psalm of Life, by Cary -- The Purple Cow, by Burgess -- The Quarrel, by Kiser -- Similar Cases, by Gilman -- Simple English, by Rose -- Spelling Down the Master, by Eggleston -- Stage Whispers, by Wells -- Teaching by Example, by Saxe -- The Tragedy of It, by Noble -- The Turnings of a Bookworm, by Wells -- Wanted--A Cook, by Dale -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks, by Lowell -- When Albani Sang, by Drummond -- When the Frost is on the Punkin, by Riley -- Why Moles Have Hands, by Culbertsonn -- Wouter Van Twiller, by Irving -- The Yankee Dude'll Do, by Kiser.Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2006-05-28
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)VariousenAraminta and the Automobile, by Loomis -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- The Backsliding Brother, by Stanton -- Biggs' Bar, by Sutherland -- A Bookworm's Plaint, by Scollard -- Breitmann in Politics, by Leland -- A Concord Love Song, by Roche -- Contentment, by Holmes -- The Demon of the Study, by Whittier -- Der Oak Und Der Vine, by Adams -- A Double-Dyed Deceiver, by O. Henry -- Dum Vivimus Vigilamus, by Paul -- The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, by Clemens -- Fall Styles in Faces, by Irwin -- "Festina Lente", by Burdette -- The Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, by Bangs -- The Great Prize Fight, by Clemens -- Had a Set of Double Teeth, by Day -- The Height of the Ridiculous, by Holmes -- Her Brother: Enfant Terrible, by Sabin -- Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Whicher -- His Grandmother's Way, by Stanton -- The Invisible Prince, by Harland -- The Jackpot, by Ironquill -- Jacob, by Cary -- Johnny's Pa, by Nesbit -- A Lay of Ancient Rome, by Ybarra -- Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue, by Peck -- Love Song, by Leland -- Maxims, by Franklin -- The Meeting, by Riser -- Mister Rabbit's Love Affair, by Stanton -- A Mother of Four, by Tompkins -- A Mothers' Meeting, by Bridges -- Nevada Sketches, by Clemens -- A New Year Idyl, by Field -- An Old-Time Singer, by Stanton -- Oncl' Antoine on 'Change, by Amsbary -- Our Hired Girl, by Riley -- Plain Language from Truthful James, by Harte -- A Poe-'em of Passion, by Lummis -- Possession, by Lampton -- The Real Diary of a Real Boy, by Shute -- The Reason, by Ironquill -- Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lattellier, by Amsbary -- Settin' by the Fire, by Stanton -- A Shining Mark, by Ironquill -- "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines", by Cary -- To Bary Jade, by Adams -- Tom's Money, by Spofford -- The Trial that Job Missed, by Harris -- Trouble-Proof, by Sabin -- Uncle Bentley and the Roosters, by Carruth -- Unsatisfied Yearning, by Munkittrick -- What Lack We Yet, by Burdette -- When Lovely Woman, by Cary -- The Whisperer, by Ironquill -- Why Wait for Death and TimeWilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2008-01-26




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