Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction books

Two little travellers: A story for girls

Frances Browne Arthur

The story opens on a golden Sunday afternoon beneath a towering cedar at the Dene family’s country home,…

Claribel: or, Rest at last

Lucy Ellen Guernsey

The novel opens in a bustling girls’ school where a new pupil, Claribel Woodworth, arrives on crutches and in…

The happiness of Hazelbrook

Charlotte Grace O'Brien

The book is a modestly paced juvenile tale set in a small English village, where the Lawrence family…

The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle

Edward Stratemeyer

Little Grandfather

Sophie May

The work is a juvenile fiction story that weaves Christian values into the everyday life of a New‑England…

Eyebright: A Story

Susan Coolidge

The work is a juvenile fiction piece that follows the everyday life of a schoolroom in a small rural…

Randy of the River; Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Randy of the River is a juvenile adventure that follows a bright‑minded fourteen‑year‑old carpenter’s son as…

Ben's Nugget; Or, A Boy's Search For Fortune

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Ben Stanton’s tale begins amid the rugged foothills of a California gold‑rush mining camp, where three…

Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country

Joel Chandler Harris

The story opens on a Georgia plantation where three children, a seven‑year‑old girl named Sweetest Susan, her…

Fernley House

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Fernley House is a gentle, domestic tale that centers on Margaret Montfort, a young woman navigating the…

Uncle Rutherford's Nieces: A Story for Girls

Joanna H. Mathews

The story opens on a breezy summer day at a seaside house, where three children, Allie, Daisy and their older…

The Singing Mouse Stories

Emerson Hough

The work is a whimsical juvenile tale that blends animal fantasy with a reflective, almost lyrical meditation…

Prudy Keeping House

Sophie May

Prudy Keeping House is a juvenile fiction set in a genteel New York household, where a lively group of…

Aunt Madge's Story

Sophie May

Aunt Madge’s Story is a juvenile fiction piece that blends Christian moral lessons with the everyday…

Holiday Tales

Florence Wilford

The story opens in a bustling household where Willie, the eldest of seven brothers, promises his mother to…

Rollo in Rome

Jacob Abbott

Rollo in Rome is a juvenile adventure that follows a young boy and his uncle George as they prepare for a…

The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The story opens with a vivid scene on a riverbank in a small town where the narrator, a telegraph office…

The book of one syllable

Esther Bakewell

Esther Bakewell’s The Book of One Syllable is a collection of short juvenile tales written entirely with…

Baseball Joe in the Big League; or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles

Lester Chadwick

The novel is a juvenile adventure that follows the young pitcher Joseph “Joe” Matson as he wrestles with the…

Nine Little Goslings

Susan Coolidge

Susan Coolidge’s Nine Little Goslings is a juvenile fiction story that explores the shifting moods and…

The Twin Cousins

Sophie May

The Twin Cousins is a juvenile tale that weaves together themes of Christian conduct, friendship, and the…

Little Grandmother

Sophie May

Little Grandmother is a juvenile tale that blends Christian moral instruction with everyday family life in a…

The Barbadoes Girl: A Tale for Young People

Mrs. Hofland

The work is a juvenile‑fiction tale that opens with a formal family meeting about the arrival of Matilda…

Pollyanna

Eleanor H. Porter

Pollyanna is a juvenile novel set in early‑twentieth‑century Vermont, foregrounding the lives of an orphaned…