18 books like Pollyanna
Anne of Avonlea
The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series.Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous and high-spirited as Anne, and so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery and…
Shares: Orphans, History
Mystery Ranch
Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family ranch.
Shares: Aunts, Orphans, Family, Families
Perfect Girl
Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. He's suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang, and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it.Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie realizes she has to do something, and fast. Jenna is perfect, from her perfectly straight hair to her perfectly manicured toes. Perry's noticed her, too, and worse, Jenna has noticed…
Shares: Aunts, Family, Families, Children's fiction
All the lovely bad ones
TRAVIS AND HIS SISTER, Corey, can’t resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother’s quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting” of their own. But their supernatural pranks awaken something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Only Travis and Corey can lay to rest the spiteful spirit…
Shares: Vermont, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
Pleasing the Ghost
Ever since his father died, Dennis has been seeing ghosts. Lots of ghosts. They blow in on the breeze, visit for a while, and fly off again. But one night the ghost of his Uncle Arvie floats in the window. And Arvie wants to do more than chat. Together, they find a lost love letter, finish a special painting, and dig up buried treasure — all for Arvie's widow, Julia. Dennis loves having his uncle…
Shares: Aunts, Family, Children's fiction
Whisper in the dark
Every monster can be overcome if you know the right way to go about it.Maddy has always loved scary stories, especially the spooky legends of her Native American ancestors. But that was before she heard about the Whisperer in the Dark, the most frightening legend of all. Now there's an icy voice at the other end of the phone and a chilling message left on Maddy's door. Suddenly this ancient tale…
Shares: Aunts, Orphans, Family, Children's fiction
The Tanglewoods' secret
While living with her aunt in the English countryside, a naughty nine-year-old girl named Ruth finds her life changed when she asks the Good Shepherd, Jesus, to come to her.
Shares: Aunts, Family, Children's fiction
Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England.
Shares: Short Stories, History, Children's fiction
Six Haunted Hairdos
With the help of their favorite teacher, two rival clubs, the all-boy Copycats and the all-girl Tattletales, stop trying to out-do each other long enough to help the ghosts of a baby elephant and a herd of mastodons that appear near their small Vermont town.
Shares: Vermont, Children's fiction
The Yellow House Mystery
Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man
Shares: Orphans, Family, Families, Adventure
The Long Winter
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Shares: Family, Families, History, Children's fiction
Amber Brown Goes Fourth
Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.
Shares: Aunts, Family, Children's fiction
The Mystery of the Singing Ghost
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
Shares: Orphans, Family, Families, Children's fiction
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Shares: Family, Families, History, Children's fiction
The little bookroom
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
Shares: Short Stories, Children's fiction
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige
A selfish young boy learns humility when he is made small by an elf and flies on a long trip with wild geese.
Shares: Conduct of life, Classic Literature, Adventure, Children's fiction
Work
In this story of a woman's search for a meaningful life, Alcott moves outside the family setting of her best knows works. Originally published in 1872, Work is both an exploration of Alcott's personal conflicts and a social critique, examining women's independence, the moral significance of labor, and the goals to which a woman can aspire. Influenced by Transcendentalism and by the women's rights…
Shares: Conduct of life, Classic Literature, Short Stories, History
The Enchanted Island of Yew
A beautiful fairy is transformed into a human prince for one year. He and his friends have many adventures.
Shares: Classic Literature, Adventure, Children's fiction