Emily of New Moon. L.M. Montgomery. 1923. Bantam. 352 pages. Have you met Emily Starr? Fifteen years after introducing children to the oh-so-lovable Anne Shirley, L.M. Montgomery introduces another young orphan to the world: Emily Starr. While Anne Shirley had no memories of her parents, Emily Starr remembers her father very well. In fact, readers [...]
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Sunday Salon: Reading The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
Posted by on May 13th, 2013
The Marvelous Land of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1904. 192 pages. I definitely enjoyed the second book in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series. This second book has some old friends–the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman–and some new friends–Tip, Jack Pumpkinhead, Sawhorse, and Gump. I suppose the “thoroughly educated wogglebug” might count as a friend, he [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Posted by on May 5th, 2013
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1900. 156 pages. Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. I [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading Pinocchio (1883)
Posted by on April 28th, 2013
Pinocchio. Carlo Collodi. 1883. 272 pages. I’ve now read Pinocchio twice. It’s certainly an odd little classic with dozens of morals within. While the book Pinocchio is many things, it’s never boring. Pinocchio, as a character, is rotten from the start: selfish, pleasure-loving, foolish, rebellious, ungrateful, disrespectful, slow to learn, slow to listen, slow to [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
Posted by on April 15th, 2013
Rilla of Ingleside. L.M. Montgomery. 1921. 280 pages. IT was a warm, golden-cloudy, lovable afternoon. In the big living-room at Ingleside Susan Baker sat down with a certain grim satisfaction hovering about her like an aura; it was four o’clock and Susan, who had been working incessantly since six that morning, felt that she had [...]
The Sunday Salon: Reading Rainbow Valley (1919)
Posted by on April 8th, 2013
Rainbow Valley. L.M. Montgomery. 1919. 256 pages. The Meredith children are struggling to raise themselves as readers will come to see if they read Rainbow Valley. Their father is a Presbyterian minister–an absent-minded minister; their mother is dead. There is an aunt that makes an effort to keep house, but her efforts don’t always include [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading Understood Betsy (1916)
Posted by on March 24th, 2013
Understood Betsy. Dorothy Canfield Fisher. 1916. 176 pages. Understood Betsy is a quick and lovely read. Elizabeth Ann has always lived with Aunt Frances, but, when a new situation develops which makes this impossible, Betsy goes to Vermont to stay with her other relatives: Aunt Abigail, Uncle Henry, Cousin Ann. At first, Betsy is timid [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading Anne of the Island (1915)
Posted by on March 18th, 2013
Anne of the Island. L.M. Montgomery. 1915. 272 pages. Anne of the Island is one of my favorite books in the Anne series by L.M. Montgomery. This is the book that focuses on Anne’s college years. Readers meet Anne’s best friends from her college years: Priscilla Grant, Stella Maynard, and Philippa Gordon. Anne receives oh-so-many [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading The Golden Road (1913)
Posted by on March 11th, 2013
The Golden Road. L.M. Montgomery. 1913. 213 pages. The Golden Road is the sequel to The Story Girl. It picks up exactly where The Story Girl leaves us–a cold November. Beverly and Felix King are still visiting their cousins Dan, Felicity, and Cecily, and the unforgettable Sara Stanley (The Story Girl). Also among their friends: [...]
Sunday Salon: Reading Daddy Long Legs (1912)
Posted by on March 4th, 2013
Daddy Long Legs. Jean Webster. 1912. 208 pages. Judy Abbot has a wonderful opportunity before her. If she’ll agree to write her anonymous sponsor (or benefactor) a letter each and every month, then he will pay for her to attend four years of college. It is more than she ever hoped for, and so, of [...]
