Project Gutenberg 2004-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 62 Jacobs, Caroline Emilia 1872 1909 Elliott, Emilia Patricia E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Patricia" by Caroline Emilia Jacobs is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This charming tale focuses on the adventurous and kind-hearted young girl, Patricia Kirby, as she navigates her childhood life filled with innocence, imaginative play, and heartfelt interactions with both animals and people around her. As she befriends a stray dog and seeks to find him a home, Patricia demonstrates her compassion while simultaneously getting into humorous and sometimes troublesome predicaments. The opening of the book introduces Patricia on a "fatiguing day," where she discovers a small, homeless dog whom she names Custard. Rather than simply dismissing the dog, she enthusiastically takes it upon herself to care for and find him a loving home, leading her on a series of escapades, including a humorous attempt to introduce him to various families in her neighborhood. Throughout her adventures, we see her thoughtful nature clash with the more rigid views of the adult world around her, particularly represented by her Aunt Julia. As her day unfolds with misunderstandings and lively interactions, the reader is drawn into Patricia’s whimsical yet earnest quest, exemplifying the joys and challenges of childhood exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Girls -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 137176 2025-07-06T07:25:11.419780 text/html 113736 2024-10-28T20:53:40 text/html 109902 2025-07-06T07:25:15.857736 application/epub+zip 112457 2025-07-06T07:25:12.963728 application/epub+zip 112457 2025-07-06T07:25:11.965763 application/epub+zip 204608 2025-07-06T07:25:17.938739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195689 2025-07-06T07:25:15.280751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97083 2022-09-07T13:25:47.044339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123615 2023-10-06T10:57:57.981363 text/plain 103824 2024-10-28T20:53:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15645 2025-07-06T07:25:18.057705 application/rdf+xml 10148 2025-07-06T07:25:12.449752 image/jpeg 2877 2025-07-06T07:25:12.205746 image/jpeg 107519 2025-07-06T07:25:11.430786 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog