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A Sweet Girl Graduate (Illustrated Edition)
L T Meade was the pseudonym used by Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914) who was a prolific writer, primarily of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland, but later moved to London where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in 1879. She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime, with others published posthumously. In addition to her juvenile fiction, the best known of which is her school story A World of Girls (1886), she also wrote sentimental and sensational stories, religious stories, historical novels, adventure stories, romances and mysteries, some in collaboration with male authors. Meade was a feminist and member of the Pioneer Club, and following the death of the club's founder, Emily Langton Massingbird, she wrote a novel based on her life entitled The Cleverest Woman in England (1898). This story for older girls was first published in 1891, then updated around 1910 under the new title of Priscilla's Promise. Reprinted from the original edition with seven illustrations by Hal Ludlow.
Airplane Girls and the Mystery of Seal Island
A new series of books about girl aviators and their marvelous accomplishments in the air. Roberta Langwell is a heroine of modern times. She wins a plane by means of her remarkable air feats, and keeps the reader tense with excitement from cover to cover. The series concentrates on the efforts of the girls and women who, like their male counterparts, have obtained wonderful results in the air.
Anne of Avonlea
Avonlea's new schoolma'am, at the age of 15, is barely older then her pupils. Anne earnestly strives to win the affection of every student while maintaining the decorum of her new role. Her irrepressible spirit and lively imagination, however, often sidetrack her into amusing mischief and mortifying scrapes, all eventually remedied by the warmth of friendship and goodwill.In this classic sequel to Anne of Green Gables, the author once again draws from girlhood memories of Prince Edward Island to portray the sweet, old-fashioned village of Avonlea, situated amid the natural beauty of the Canadian Maritimes. Although Anne and her friends and neighbors dwell in a bygone age of gaslight and horse-drawn carriages, Anne's dreams of the future, lofty aspirations, and romantic visions make her a heroine for all ages. Modern readers continue to share her tribulations and triumphs in leading the village improvement society, adapting to the boisterous arrival at Green Gables of a pair of 6-year-old orphans, and searching always for the company of kindred spirits.Since Anne's debut in 1908, generations of readers around the world have grown up with the starry-eyed young woman with the shining hair (please, call it auburn, not red). This inexpensive new edition of Anne's further adventures ensures the continuation of a joyful tradition.
Eight Cousins (Annotated With Biography of Alcott and Plot Analysis)
Eight Cousins was published in 1875 and it is one of the few novels, if not the only one, where Alcott concentrates on one character. ?The protagonist of Eight Cousins is Rose Campbell. Some of Alcott?s feminist ideals come through in Eight Cousins, as they do to some degree in all her novels. ?Rose is allowed to choose clothing that is healthier and less restrictive than the typical Victorian garb for girls and women. ?Alcott also has Rose learn a skill ? albeit one that is traditional for women ? housekeeping. ?She learns how to perform domestic chores with skill and efficiency. ?Rose is transformed from a timid orphan girl to an educated competent young woman in the course of one year. ? This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Eight Girls and a Dog (Illustrated Edition)
Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet who published numerous novels and collections of poetry, her total output numbering over 170 books. During the first ten years of her writing career she concentrated on poetry, humourous works and chldren's books, but inspired by one of Anna Katharine Green's mystery novels she then devoted herself to that genre. Among her most famous mystery novels were the Fleming Stone detective stories of which she wrote 61 published between 1909 and 1942. This work of juvenile fiction was first published in book form in 1902, part of the story having previously appeared in St Nicholas Magazine under the title 'Hilarity Hall'. Includes eight full-page illustrations.
Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden, a Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy (LOA #323)
Three beloved children's classics collected in a deluxe illustrated gift edition perfect for every family library"You are a story,I am a story." Introduce to your family or rediscover for yourself three classic children's novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett, an English-born writer who moved to America at age 15 and who now joins the Library of America. This authoritative edition restores the novels to their original American texts, as Burnett wrote them and features over 40 painstakingly restored illustrations,16 in full color,plus a ribbon marker, helpful annotations, and a short chronology of Burnett's life by her biographer Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook. In The Secret Garden (1911), spoiled orphan Mary Lennox is sent to live at her uncle's manor, where she finds an abandoned walled garden. When she decides to restore the garden, she discovers the key to unlocking her own true self. Sara Crewe is the star pupil at her London boarding school in A Little Princess (1905) until news arrives that her father has died penniless. Sara is forced to become a servant, but she stays hopeful by imagining that she is secretly a princess. And in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), seven-year-old Cedric Errol lives in New York City and unexpectedly learns that his grandfather is an English earl. The Earl wants to teach Cedric about power and privilege, but little suspects that the innocent young American will completely change his own life. Soon to be a live action Disney movie starting Colin Firth and Julie Walters, The Secret Garden joins A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy in one deluxe illustrated volume, a perfect gift for young readers or for family libraries.
Gypsies of the Air
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
How to Amuse Yourself and Others: The American Girls Handy Book
Explore, hike, discover, be crafty and have fun with friends or alone, indoors or outside! Written for children in 1893, and valuable for both kids and adults today, here's a magical cornucopia of projects, devices, toys, gifts, dolls, recipes, decorations, perfumes, wax and clay modeling, oil and water-color painting and games, all with clear and practical directions for how to make and play them. Vintage Americana by the Beard sisters, two of the founders of the girls scouting movement (when they weren't campaigning for women's rights). As Anne M. Boylan writes in her foreword, "Healthy and spirited, [the American Girl] thinks nothing of taking a ten-mile 'romp' through woods and fields with a group of friends, and collects flowers and leaves for preservation or presentation to friends and relations. Above all, however, the Beards' girl is handy. She can make a hat rack, a screen, or a bookshelf; fashion a macrame hammock or a cornhusk doll; and draw, paint, sculpt, or decorate a room...By emphasizing what girls can do, The American Girl's Handy Book presents a portrait of girlhood that is vigorous, active, and full of possibilities."
Rilla of Ingleside
This eBook edition of "Rilla of Ingleside" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Rilla of Ingleside, an irrepressible 15-year-old, is the youngest daughter of Anne and Gilbert Blythe. She is excited about her first adult party and blissfully unaware of the chaos that the Western world is about to enter, being on the brink of the First World War. Her parents worry because Rilla seems not to have any ambition, is not interested in attending college, and is more concerned with having fun. Once the Continent descends into war, many of her playmates, brothers, and her sweetheart Ken Ford, enlist and end up fighting in Europe. As the war drags on, Rilla matures and does many great things for the community, while waiting for Ken to come back.
The Little Colonel’s Christmas Vacation: Children’s Adventure Novel
Lloyd Sherman is an adorable little girl who bears the nickname "The Little Colonel" because of resemblance to her grandfather and army veteran "The Old Colonel." When she comes back home from the boarding school, she is brought down by a flu and unable to enjoy her time at home. Comes Christmas time, even though she is not fully recovered, The Little Colonel refuses to obey nurse's orders and decides to take pleasure in Christmas festivities.