Project Gutenberg 2014-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 213 Rankin, Carroll Watson 1870 Selss, Miriam Shinn, Florence Scovel 1871 1940 Scovel-Shinn, Florence The Adopting of Rosa Marie (A Sequel to Dandelion Cottage) Produced by Beth Baran, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Adopting of Rosa Marie" by Carroll Watson Rankin is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. This charming sequel to "Dandelion Cottage" features four young girls—Jean Mapes, Marjory Vale, Mabel Bennett, and little Bettie Tucker—who establish a close friendship while playing in their beloved cottage. Their summer adventures take an exciting turn when they decide to care for a little Indian girl named Rosa Marie, navigating the trials of childhood imagination, responsibility, and unexpected challenges. The opening of the story introduces the four friends as they relish their carefree days at Dandelion Cottage, where they play games like "Mother" and deal with the humorous trials of borrowing babies from their neighbors. Mabel's initiative to bring home Rosa Marie, a foundling girl, sets the stage for a series of heartfelt adventures filled with laughter, mischief, and the occasional chaos typical of childhood. However, Mabel soon realizes the challenge of keeping Rosa Marie's presence a secret from the adults, leading to dilemmas that explore themes of belonging, friendship, and the innocence of youth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46059/46059-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humanitarianism -- Juvenile fiction Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction Toddlers -- Care -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 325568 2025-06-18T15:43:22.931566 text/html 307885 2024-10-24T08:11:21 text/html 617099 2025-06-18T15:43:29.436509 application/epub+zip 618763 2025-06-18T15:43:24.083513 application/epub+zip 200506 2025-06-18T15:43:23.496522 application/epub+zip 746428 2025-06-18T15:43:33.736510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 696676 2025-06-18T15:43:28.775550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279331 2022-09-21T03:55:41.972956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276627 2023-09-20T05:57:59.808641 text/plain 256757 2024-10-24T08:11:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16601 2025-06-18T15:43:33.901445 application/rdf+xml 29078 2025-06-18T15:43:23.602586 image/jpeg 3871 2025-06-18T15:43:23.549544 image/jpeg 659196 2025-06-18T15:43:22.977562 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 en.wikipedia