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Small troubles feel big in childhood—and even an ordinary day can hold a lesson worth keeping.
In Nine Little Goslings, Susan Coolidge gathers gentle stories about children at home and at play. Her young characters are not perfect. They meet everyday troubles, and their responses make character the heart of the collection. The pleasures are quiet ones: family life, good humor, and the chance to see children learn through small experiences.
These stories belong to a tradition of children's writing that brings entertainment and moral lessons together. Coolidge looks at young people with patience and affection, inviting readers to give their small concerns real attention. Read a story at a time, and enjoy a world where growing up means learning how to meet the ordinary demands of daily life.
What you’ll discover
- Childhood seen with affection Meet imperfect young characters whose everyday troubles receive patience, warmth, and good humor.
- Character in everyday life Explore how small experiences become occasions for learning and shaping good habits.
- Home and play Step into gentle family stories that take children's ordinary concerns seriously.
- Lessons with a gentle touch Spend time with stories that bring entertainment and plain moral sense together.
- A story to share Enjoy short pieces whose prose suits reading aloud at bedtime or on quiet afternoons.
Who will love it
Anyone who enjoys warm, funny stories about children will love this collection, especially readers drawn to nursery rhymes, old family tales, and gentle lessons about kindness, home, and play.
What’s inside
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- A sickly girl longs to be adopted
- A sleepless boy climbs into a stranger's house
- A girl who lives in dreams loses her flock
- A minister's daughter learns to love a place
- A lonely child rules a family of dolls
- A small boy builds a house in the woods
- A mayor's daughter meets a circus child
- A happy child in a ruined family
- A fairy tale told in a rich house
- What links these nine tales together
Who’s who
- Johnnie CarrA pale, dreamy ten-year-old who longs to be adopted by a rich lady and soon finds that what she wants most is home.
- Mell DavisA twelve-year-old daydreamer living with a stern stepmother, who is left in charge of five children and one locked chest.
- Mary ForcytheA minister's daughter who weeps at moving to a town she has never seen and grows to love it through service.
- Lota BirdCalled Lady Bird, a lonely girl who plays mother to a garden full of dolls and an invisible neighbor.
- Archie GrayA small boy who sets out at dawn to build a house in the woods like Robinson Crusoe.
- MignonA little circus rider who loves music, has no mother, and becomes a friend to Alice Flower.
- Annie PickensA cheerful child of a ruined Southern family whose happiness holds firm through poverty and change.
- May FrisbieThe eldest of three sisters who loves cooking and housework and meets a family's change of fortune with delight.
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Nove piccoli paperotti
by Susan Coolidge · 1875
A sick girl is lent to a rich lady, a boy slips onto a roof, and a circus rider charms a mayor's daughter.
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What would you do if a rich stranger offered to adopt you? Johnnie Carr, a pale girl of ten with short curls, can hardly wait to say yes.
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A sickly girl longs to be adopted
After a fever, ten-year-old Johnnie Carr grows pale and weepy. Her hair comes back in small round curls, and her family calls her Curly. She lies on the sofa reading sad storybooks and sighing that nothing ever happens in Burnet.
Then a letter comes from Miss Inches, a wealthy lady who admires the child's soulful eyes and offers to take her home and raise her by a grand plan of study. Her wise father, Dr. Carr, does not say no. He lends her for four months to see how the experiment goes.
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- 1875
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Coolidge, Susan. Nine Little Goslings. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/nine-little-goslings.
Coolidge, S. (2026). Nine little goslings. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/nine-little-goslings (Original work published 1875)
Coolidge, Susan. Nine Little Goslings. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/nine-little-goslings.
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What is Nine Little Goslings about?
It is a collection of nine stories for children by Susan Coolidge. Each tale follows a child, such as Johnnie Carr, Mell Davis, or Archie Gray, in a small adventure that teaches a lesson about home, work, kindness, or cheerfulness.
Why is it called Nine Little Goslings?
The title echoes Mother Goose. The book opens with a verse offering it to Mother Goose, and each of the nine stories takes its title from a nursery rhyme line, such as Goosey Goosey Gander and Little Bo Peep.
Is Nine Little Goslings part of the Katy Did series?
Not exactly, but it opens with Curly Locks, which follows Johnnie Carr, the younger sister of Katy and Clover from Susan Coolidge's Katy Did books. The other eight tales have new characters and stand on their own.
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