Project Gutenberg 2011-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 59 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe 1850 1943 Richards, Laura E. Garrett, Edmund H. (Edmund Henry) 1853 1929 Garrett, Edmund Henry Garrett, E. H. (Edmund Henry) The Joyous Story of Toto David Edwards, Katherine Ward, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Joyous Story of Toto" by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative focuses on a young boy named Toto and his grandmother, who lives in a cozy cottage by the woods. The story reveals their sweet and whimsical lives as well as Toto's adventures, particularly his efforts to bring companionship to his blind grandmother. At the start of the story, we learn about Toto’s loving relationship with his grandmother, who is blind and often feels lonely in their isolated cottage. The opening portion establishes their environment, detailing their cozy home and the grandmother's skilled knitting and baking. Toto, a spirited and curious child, is depicted as forgetful yet affectionate, leading to humorous situations, such as the mix-up with gingerbread ingredients. The chapter closes with Toto's resolution to introduce his forest friends to his grandmother to alleviate her loneliness, setting the stage for enchanting interactions between the animal characters and the loving grandmother. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35281/35281-h/images/cover.jpg en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction Blindness -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 246952 246847 2024-09-15T04:41:14.124852 2023-09-15T10:24:39.395691 text/html text/html 256533 2021-06-07T05:27:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2160094 2021-06-07T05:33:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2225409 2024-09-15T04:41:25.093805 application/epub+zip 2229430 2024-09-15T04:41:18.151842 application/epub+zip 159613 2024-09-15T04:41:14.546842 application/epub+zip 2809862 2024-09-15T04:41:28.267819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2785985 2024-09-15T04:41:21.483814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227803 2022-09-16T07:57:14.893116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222862 2024-09-15T04:41:13.501861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222622 2021-06-07T05:32:11 text/plain; charset=utf-8 82589 2021-06-07T05:32:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19801 2024-09-15T04:41:28.406793 application/rdf+xml 36850 2024-09-15T04:41:14.634852 image/jpeg 4644 2024-09-15T04:41:14.589864 image/jpeg 2159455 2024-09-15T04:41:14.231960 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia