Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel", he determines to find out about his past. Read online at ar... View More

Brigette gets left behind in the cemetery when the orphanage is on an outing and meets the wife of the Dauphin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Whitey is a polar bear who is tamed by a ship’s crew and doesn’t want to go back to the rough life of the arctic -- so he heads for Florida.

A homeless man meets a family of three children, their mother and their dog camping on his spot under a bridge over the Seine and ends up adopting them all. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Pepito and Madeline join a gypsy circus.

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Mrs. Coverlet is called away to care for her daughter and the three Persever children are left in charge of themselves as their father is in New Zealand.

When Josine finds a baby boy in the bread basket, the orphelines do not want to give him up to the boys’ orphanage. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Pepito persuades Madeline to run away with a gypsy circus.

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Willie sets out to seek his fortune with his watch, his feather cap, a silver whistle and a feather bag. Along his journey he learns the answers to the nine questions which will allow him to find his father and assume his rightful place in the kingdo... View More

Three children are invited to spend the summer at Green Knowe - they must be able to swim - and explore the river. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Edie wants to be included in her older siblings plans, but ends up making her own adventures. The family’s summer by the shore comes to a climax with a hurricane - and it isn’t Edie. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Toad is not at all pleased when Miss Eva Penalty takes over for Mrs. Coverlet, and he intends to do something about it.

Mark Wilkins decides to see if he can make his father’s ‘folly’ into a money-making business by building a ski run. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Orphaned Joanne Mitchell is sent to stay with an aunt and uncle near the outback in Queensland. Finding no one home when she gets there, she decides to run away, pretend she is a boy, and find a job and place to live.

When they see the golden penny, all the Chinese merchants are eager to give Moon Blossom whatever she needs, and give her mother a new junk. But what is the golden penny? Read online at archive.org.... View More

Orphaned girl, Angel Thorne goes on a voyage by clipper ship from New York to Barbados with an exciting winter spent there not only restore herself to complete health but to also give her new friends and her own special place. Read online at Internet... View More

A crippled newboy in the early 1800’s finds his reward in heaven for a life of sacrifice.

Libby and her mother move to Vermont from Illinois and start life over on Shrewsbury mountain. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Orphaned Jessamy slips back in time to 1914 and gets caught up in a mystery.

Kit Haverard discovers that she is meant to sing.

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Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.

Lucy Brown is befriended by Mr. Grimes.

Mother is dead, father is off to Antarctica on a scientific expedition, the aunt who was going to look after them during the long vacation has just telegraphed she is laid up in hospital. The children decide to go stay at their old sea island cottage... View More

When Abby learns she is adopted, she asks her parents if they can adopt a brother.

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Be careful what you wish for.

Tom and Pamela live with their grandmother who suggests they feed the hedgehogs, but they discover the milk is being drunk by phantom kittens. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Orphaned Sarah comes to Te Waitere, an isolated New Zealand sheep station, and finds a home.

Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.

Mary is orphaned and sent home from India to her uncle’s estate. When she discovers Colin, their two tempers flare until they discover the garden and work with Dickon to bring it back to life. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.

The baby did not have a mommy so he set out one day to find one. And then he needed a daddy so they both set out to find one. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Adapted from the Broadway musical, this book tells the story of Nellie and Emile, Joe and Liat.

A compendium of all things Madeline from Madeline to Madeline’s Christmas.... View More

Includes Madeline in America, The Count and the Cobbler: A Bemelmans Christmas Memory and Sunshine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Orphaned by the death of their parents and bereft by the sudden death of their older brother Tom, nine-year-old Frances and three-year-old Harry are comforted by Tom's ghost, who helps them in difficult situations at home with their aunt and uncle an... View More

A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.

Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.

Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of “The True Patriot” to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.

Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.

This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.