The Tangled Threads

by Eleanor H. Porter

Entertaining short stories for young children, with messages about kindness, courage, patience, empathy, the value of hard work, and other lessons.

A Delayed Heritage
The Folly of Wisdom
Crumbs
A Four-Footed Faith and a Two
A Matter of System
Angelus
The Apple of Her Eye
A Mushroom of Collingsville
That Angel Boy
The Lady in Black
The Saving of Dad
Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving
When Mother Fell Ill
The Glory and the Sacrifice
The Daltons and the Legacy
The Letter
The Indivisible Five
The Elephant's Board and Keep
A Patron of Art
When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics

157 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Emily Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French (née Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman. She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to Massachusetts, after which she began writing and publishing her short stories and later novels. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Reviews

[Cheryl]

I always loved Pollyanna and, having just now enjoyed the last story of this collection, have added it to my to-read list. Free online here (and probably elsewhere, too): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Ta...

[Kathryn McConaughy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an anthology of very short stories of the "short story with a moral" type you find in Alcott's Basket of Flowers or Edgeworth's Tales for Children. If you want something bite size that will make you rethink your life choices, these are great. If you want to get to know characters, or want a more complex plot, try something else by Porter, like O Money Money, Pollyanna, or the Sunbridge Girls.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collection of wholesome short stories from 1921, but set decades earlier, by the author of "Pollyanna."

[Aleena Grosjean · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute collection of short stories

[Julie Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting collection of short stories

[Yibbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good short stories. Sweet pictures of everyday life.