{"id":9297,"date":"2026-04-13T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:32:18","slug":"the-ogress-and-the-orphans","status":"publish","type":"our-books","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ogress and the Orphans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the towns problems are.Then one day a child goes missing from the Orphan House. At the Mayors suggestion, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this cant be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the people of Stone-in-the-Glen.But how can the Orphans tell the story of the Ogresss goodness to people who refuse to listen? And how can they make their deluded neighbors see the real villain in their midst?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3660,"template":"","book_tag":[25],"age_group":[29],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[565],"class_list":["post-9297","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-friendship","age_group-10-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-kelly-barnhill"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Littlereads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T12:32:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg\",\"width\":331,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Cover of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Ogress and the Orphans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Little Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reading Mate\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"width\":337,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Reading Mate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads","description":"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads","og_description":"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/","og_site_name":"Littlereads","og_image":[{"width":331,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/","name":"The Ogress and the Orphans | Age 10+ | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T12:32:18+00:00","description":"The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. For ages 10+. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.... Available on Little Reads.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1667421536107.jpeg","width":331,"height":500,"caption":"Cover of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-ogress-and-the-orphans\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Library","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Ogress and the Orphans"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","name":"Little Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization","name":"Reading Mate","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","width":337,"height":69,"caption":"Reading Mate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books\/9297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_tag?post=9297"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=9297"},{"taxonomy":"book_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_type?post=9297"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=9297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}