- Listenly
- Public Library
- Jacob Abbott
- Mary Erskine
Chapters
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Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Sherry Hamby, Ted Garvin, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Release date
2004-12-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
Orphans -- Juvenile fictionChildren's storiesCountry life -- Juvenile fictionOrphanages -- Juvenile fictionDeath -- Juvenile fictionMissing children -- Juvenile fictionWidows -- Juvenile fictionEducation -- Juvenile fictionHome economics -- Juvenile fictionWills -- Juvenile fictionLiteracy -- Juvenile fiction
About the author
Jacob Abbott
1803–1879
A 19th-century American writer and educator, he became famous for lively, morally grounded books written especially for young readers. His stories and histories helped shape early children's literature in the United States.
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