Family & Relationships

Married Love

by Marie Stopes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, an…

The Little Minister

by J. M. Barrie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Before "Peter Pan" came "The Little Minister", J.M. Barrie's first published novel. This is not a children's book, but r…

Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…

The Fairy of the Snows

by Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J. Read by Maria Therese 4.7
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to la…

Brother Jacob

by George Eliot Read by Lynne T 4.3
Brother Jacob is a poignant short story by George Eliot that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the nature of ambition. At …

Mildred's Married Life

by Martha Finley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Mildred and Charlie Landreth begin married life together and enjoy many simple home pleasures. Together with Mildred's younger sister, they …

Aunt Jane's Hero

by Elizabeth Prentiss Read by Drew Brentson 4.8
Aunt Jane's Hero presents to the reader a hero's journey and romance different from the cliché, addressing not an idealized picture o…

An heiligen Wassern

by Jakob Christoph Heer Read by Eva K. 4.8
Im Dorf Sankt Peter im Schweizer Hochgebirge leben die Bewohner des regenarmen Glottertales mit der ständigen Gefahr von Gletscherabbr&…

What Sami Sings With The Birds

by Johanna Spyri Read by Daryl Wor 4.7
Old Mary Ann has done her best to bring up her son on her own. Like other relatives, her son has a longing to travel off over the mountains.…

Living With Our Children

by Clara Dillingham Pierson Read by SweetHome 4.8
This book is a collection of small essays to help parents better understand their children and offer help to parents in the task of raising …

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know

by Asa Don Dickinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This charming book has many stories that deal mostly with the holiday of Thanksgiving, perfectly suited for family listening and reading. an…

Christie's Old Organ

by Mrs. O. F. Walton Read by Esther ben Simonides 4.4
Christie is all alone in the world after his mother dies. He lives in a boarding house and every night creeps up the attic stairs to hear an…

On Angel's Wings

by Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene was an Irish author of children's books. However, like any good book for children, this book is also for adults…

Little Susy's Little Servants

by Elizabeth Prentiss Read by Hannah Mary 4.7
“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …

The Windy Hill

by Cornelia Meigs Read by Peter Eastman 4.1
When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin …

Five Minute Stories

by Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. So…

Nami-ko

by Kenjiro Tokutomi Read by Availle 4.4
Nami-ko, a young woman of a noble Japanese family, has recently married the naval officer Takeo, the only heir of a friend of her father's. …

Dad's Trip to Brisbane

by Steele Rudd Read by Son of the Exiles 4.6
Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…

The Bobbsey Twins at Home

by Laura Lee Hope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is the eighth book in the "Bobbsey Twins" series. In it Flossie and Freddie find, in a big snow storm, the lost father of Tom…

The Christmas Child

by Hesba Stretton Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.7
A short sweet, yet sad, Christmas story about forgiveness, but especially about loving others for who they are and not for who we want them …

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