Books with author Laura E. Richards

Inspiring story of Florence Nightingale from her earliest days as privileged daughter of an English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea. Even as a young girl her nursing talents were evident as she doctored her dolls and ministered to sickly animals. With the training she received at hospitals on the Continent, she was ready when the call to the Crimea came. Facing unspeakable filth and disorganization, she and her staff of nurses cared for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers, earning their undying gratitude. Focuses on her preparation, her heroic and patriotic service during the Crimean war, and her life of service thereafter.

The Binding Witch and the Fortune TakerGrowing up homeschooled on the Renaissance Festival circuit is weird enough, but when you’re the daughter of a powerful binding witch who makes a living as a fortune teller, and your best friend is a middle-aged sari vendor, weird is relative. Fifteen-year-old Kate Roark desperately wants to be a witch but isn't - yet. It’s not likely at her age until she meets the Fortune Taker and gets a taste of unimaginable power - but at what cost? Forced to choose between keeping stolen power or making her magic dreams come true, her ultimate decision throws her entire world into question. Compulsively readable, The Binding Witch and the Fortune Taker is the first in the saga of The Kate Roark Magic Series. Dive into this paranormal fantasy today!

Inspiring story of Florence Nightingale from her earliest days as privileged daughter of an English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea. Even as a young girl her nursing talents were evident as she doctored her dolls and ministered to sickly animals. With the training she received at hospitals on the Continent, she was ready when the call to the Crimea came. Facing unspeakable filth and disorganization, she and her staff of nurses cared for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers, earning their undying gratitude. Focuses on her preparation, her heroic and patriotic service during the Crimean war, and her life of service thereafter. Suitable for ages 11 and up.

Originally published in 1909, this is the inspiring story of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the founder of the modern nursing profession. British soldiers who were wounded in the Crimean War (the 1853–56 war between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and Turkey) called her “The Lady with the Lamp” when she walked the halls of their hospital at night. Facing unspeakable filth and disorganization, she and her staff of nurses cared for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers, earning their undying gratitude. For young readers and adults.CONTENTSI. How Florence Got Her Name—Her Three HomesII. Little FlorenceIII. The Squire’s DaughterIV. Looking OutV. Waiting for the CallVI. The Trumpet CallVII. The ResponseVIII. ScutariIX. The Barrack HospitalX. The Lady-in-ChiefXI. The Lady with the LampXII. WinterXIII. Miss Nightingale Under FireXIV. The Close of the WarXV. The Tasks of Peace

Excerpt from The Golden Windows: A Book of Fables for Young and OldLL day long the little boy worked hard, in field and barn and shed, for his people were poor farmers, and could not pay a workman.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Julia wrote stories herself, too,—very wonderful stories, we all thought, and, indeed, I think so still. She began when she was a little girl, not more than six or seven years old. There lies beside me now on the table a small book, about five inches square, bound in faded pink and green, and filled from cover to cover with writing in a cramped, childish hand. It is a book of novels and plays, written by our Julia before she was ten years old; and I often think that the beautiful and helpful things she wrote in her later years were hardly more remarkable than these queer little romances. They are very sentimental; no child of eight, save perhaps Marjorie Fleming, was ever so sentimental as Julia,—“Leonora Mayre; A Tale,” “The Lost Suitor,” “The Offers.” I must quote a scene from the last-named play.

Originally published in 1886, this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, is an artistic retelling, by famed children’s author Laura E. Richards, of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast.” Note: The original 1886 edition included illustrations; this Kindle edition does not.Sample passage:When Beauty woke the next morning she rubbed her eyes and thought she must be dreaming, when she saw the splendid room in which she lay. The shining walls gave back the rays of the morning sun, which streamed softly in through curtains of silver and rose-colored gauze, and glittered on the golden lilies of the coverlet. The invisible hands were busy about the room, some sprinkling perfumes through the air with mops of rose-leaves, others filling a huge marble bath with fragrant waters, while others again were laying out delicate robes of lace and rose-colored satin. Beauty rose, and after dressing, found that the friendly hands were leading her into the banquet-hall, where she was greeted by a burst of joyous music from the unseen musicians. As she sat at table the deep voice which she had heard twice before spoke to her, saying:“Beauty, you see now that you are sole mistress of this palace and all it contains. Your father has given you a frightful account of me, no doubt; and for that reason I shall remain invisible until you yourself are willing to see me. Meantime let us be as good friends as we can.”About the author:Laura E. Richards (1850-1943) was a writer of poetry and of numerous children’s books and biographies. She co-wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning “Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910,” a biography of her mother, who was famous for having written the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”; her children’s poetry collection “Tirra Lirra” won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award; and her children’s novel “Captain January” was made into a movie starring Shirley Temple.