Category Archives: Historical

Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter

Author(s): Alice Turner Curtis Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in...

Young Robin Hood

Author(s): George Manville Fenn Ever wonder how Robin Hood became Robin Hood? Well, now you...

Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Author(s): Oliver Optic The fourth book of the Woodville Series shares the progress of a...

Unknown to History

Author(s): Charlotte Mary Yonge During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and...

Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading)

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott When a raggedy boy from the circus limps into the lives...

Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem

Author(s): Florence Morse Kingsley Tor is a young beggar living in the city of Jerusalem...

The Story of Rolf and the Viking’s Bow

Author(s): Allen French Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then...

The Trumpeter of Krakow

Author(s): Eric Philbrook Kelly The Trumpeter of Krakow, set in 1461, chronicles a noble Polish...

The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky

Author(s): Joseph A. Altsheler This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living...

The Spartan Twins

Author(s): Lucy Fitch Perkins Follow the Spartan Twins: Dion, and Daphne, as they journey to...

The Scotch Twins

Author(s): Lucy Fitch Perkins Jean and Jock are twelve years old when they hear news...

The Lances of Lynwood

Author(s): Charlotte Mary Yonge The Lances of Lynwood brings to life the high days of...

The Little Duke

Author(s): Charlotte Mary Yonge The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based...

The Perilous Seat

Author(s): Caroline Dale Snedeker Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian...

The Little Colonel’s Chum: Mary Ware

Author(s): Annie Fellows Johnston This volume is the result of an avalanche of letters that,...

The Boy Scout Aviators

Author(s): George Durston Follow the adventures of Harry Fleming, Dick Mercer, and Jack Young in...

The Greenstone Door

Author(s): William Satchell The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand....

The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War

Author(s): George Durston The boy scouts are at it again! The war in Warsaw, Poland...

Sir Gibbie

Author(s): George MacDonald These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not...

Saint George for England

Author(s): G. A. Henty A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child...

Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

Author(s): Andrew Lang These are short stories about the life of Ulysses, the stealing of...

Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends

Author(s): Martha Finley Book 5 of the story of Mildred Keith by Martha Finley. We...

Nixie Bunny in Holiday-land

Author(s): Joseph C. Sindelar Nixie Bunny takes his family on vacation to Holiday-land where they...

Purple Springs

Author(s): Nellie McClung Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon – a feminist, social...

Molly, The Drummer Boy

Author(s): Harriet Theresa Comstock Molly, The Drummer Boy is the tale of a brave drummer,...

Otto of the Silver Hand

Author(s): Howard Pyle The story of little Otto, a gentle, peace-loving child born into the...

Mäzli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys

Author(s): Johanna Spyri Join Mäzli the youngest of five while she befriends the castle steward...

Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786

Author(s): Eva K. Betz A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several...

Other People’s Lives

Author(s): Rosa Nouchette Carey A series of stories by Rosa Nouchette Carey who was a...

Our Little Mexican Cousin

Author(s): Edward Crompton Butler This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th...