Laddie

A True Blue Story

By: Gene Stratton-Porter

Narrated by: Laurie Klein

This is a captivating, good-humored look at family life in a small farming community in Indiana in the early 1900s.©1913 Gene Stratton-Porter (P)2004 Books in Motion

An old favorite

Just such a sweet story of love and family and morality and character! A great read for the whole family.

Great Author

The twist and turns and the purity of heart. The evil is pure evil. The story that tells of education that far exceeds the schoolroom

Narrator too dramatic.

I love Gene Stratton Porter stories! So many beautiful characters and excellent writing. Suffering through the narrator was not easy for me. I have a hard time with adult voices trying to sound like children and using baby voices. It’s grating on the ears. Gene Stratton-Porter is one of my favorite writers! I love her knowledge of nature, plants, trees and human nature. Her descriptions of people and nature make reading/listening s movie in my mind.

What a plot twist!

A few chapters before the end, I had so many questions and no idea how she was going to pull it all together. What a plot twist and what a happy ending!

The reader is incredible; 10/10 performance 🤌🏼

Amazing

I love all of Gene Stratton Porter’s books. They some of the best books ever; I read a lot of books and these are the best.

I loved the plot, the characters, and every thing else.
-The story was very well built and as all of her books are very sweet and wholesome.
-The whole family was lovable and caring, they all helped each other.


About one of the other reviews, the blue goose ( peacock ) did die but it was not gruesome.
Yes, the girl almost died, but she agreed wholeheartedly. They were being silly and wanted to see how it felt to die. I will note that they are silly very often, that was the only time they acted like that.
I could hear the pages turn on occasion, but not very often and it did not matter because the story was so good. I think the narrater did great and had great voices.

I would encourage getting this book.