Rebecca Caudill

The adventures of the youngest Fairchild sisters, Bonnie and Debby, as they spend their summer in various moneymaking enterprises in the hill country of early 1900s' Kentucky.

Up and Down the River

For a doll contest at a party, a little girl chooses to enter a doll that seems least likely to win a prize.

The Best-Loved Doll

A Newbery Honor Book: During the Revolutionary War, a courageous pioneer girl fights for freedom When thirteen-year-old Stephanie Venable moves with her family from North Carolina to a four-hundred-acre homestead in Kentucky, she knows they’re in for a great adventure. The family sells whatever belongings they can’t fit in their covered wagon, and begin the long journey west. But Stephanie has brought something special with her, an apple seed from their tree back home, just as her grandmother did when she moved from France to America. In Kentucky, the Venables must fell trees, build a cabin, and prepare the land for crops. Being a pioneer is a lot of work, but it’s also very exciting: Stephanie and her family must grow, catch, or hunt everything they need to eat and survive. With the Revolutionary War also moving west, the family faces threats from British sympathizers and American rebels. Will freedom take root in America, like Stephanie’s young apple tree, or will the Venable family succumb to the hardships of frontier life?

Tree of Freedom

Tree of freedom

Schoolroom in the Parlor (Fairchild Family Story)

Five adventures in Bonny's busy four-year-old life with her three sisters and brothers in the days of copper-toed shoes.

Happy Little Family

During her first year in a one-room school in the Kentucky hills, Bonnie has many exciting experiences, from getting her first book to playing an angel in a play.

Schoolhouse in the Woods

Pearl S. Buck

Henry Van Dyke

Selma Lagerlöf

Madeleine L'Engle

Elizabeth Goudge

Ruth Sawyer

Beatrice Joy Chute

Twenty tales for the holiday season selected for their spiritual value and literary quality. For readers who are tired of Christmas commercialism, or who feel that Santa Claus and reindeer don't tell the whole story, these classic gems provide a winning alternative. Selected for their insightfulness, spiritual value, and literary quality (nothing moralistic here) they project the spirit of the season in a fresh, compelling manner that will resonate with readers of all ages - from children too young to read to themselves, to parents and grandparents who enjoy reading stories aloud. Home for Christmas includes time-tested favorites by some of the world's most beloved children's authors - Pearl Buck, Selma Lagerlöf, Henry van Dyke, Madeleine L'Engle, Elizabeth Goudge, Rebecca Caudill, and Ruth Sawyer - as well as little-known European stories appearing in English for the first time.

Stories for Young and Old

Home for Christmas

Twenty of the best Christmas stories of all time are collected in one handsomely illustrated anthology. Selected for their literary quality and spiritual integrity, these time-honored favorites will resonate with readers year after year.

Donald Carrick

A poetic description of a desert and its inhabitants.

Wind, Sand, and Sky

Nancy Grossman

Charley Cornett, a newcomer to the Little School in the Appalachian Mountains, is a dreamer and a curious soul who has his classmates wondering if he will ever be responsible enough to earn the honor of carrying the flag. Reprint.

Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?

The two eldest children of a pioneer family are determined to carry their love of beauty and learning to their new home in the Kentucky wilderness.

Presents the problems that arise when a young farm boy brings a cricket he discovered in the summer to school with him, and its chirping disturbs the other students and his teacher.

Rebecca Caudill

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