This early work is Louisa May Alcott s 1880 children s story, Jack and Jill: A Village Story . It is the tale of a boy and girl named Jack and Janey who both become injured in a sledding accident. During their recovery, they come to terms with the incident and learn numerous life lessons. This timeless classic is ideal for bedtime reading, and would make for a lovely addition to family collections. Louisa May Alcott (1832 1888) was an American author best known for her novel Little Women . Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this...

Little women is the story of a poor but loving family of four girls, whose father has gone to fight in the American Civil war. This follows their lives and adventures as they meet new people, have fun frolics and face their hardships, big and small.

Volume five of the Childrens Treasure Book contains the classic novel Little Women, following the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. The story is complimented by the delightful illustrations of Margaret Tulloch. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in childrens literature. Many of the earliest childrens books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork...

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was the daughter of famous transcendentalist, Bronson Alcott, but achieved notoriety herself as a writer of novels, letters and short stories. Growing up under the influence of such minds as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, Alcott took an early interest in writing, completing her first book in 1849. When she turned thirty, the Civil War was in full swing, and she left for Georgetown to serve as a nurse at the Union Hospital. Within six weeks Alcott contracted typhoid fever, the effects from which she would never fully recover. She spent her recovery...

Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys

Excerpt: ... last sentence spoiled it all, for it was both masterful and defiant. Rose had the Campbell spirit in her, though it seldom showed; as yet she valued her liberty more than any love offered her, and she resented the authority he assumed too soon resented it all the more warmly because of the effort she was making to reinstate her hero, who would insist on being a very faulty and ungrateful man. She rose straight out of her chair, saying with a look and tone which rather startled her hearer and convinced him that she was no longer a tenderhearted child but a woman with a will of her...

Excerpt: ...tongue." A queer smile flitted over Jack's face, for Joe was not the "other fellow," and knew very little about it, excepting what he had seen when he was sent on an errand by Mr. Acton on Friday. "I wish you would explain the matter, John, for I am sure it is better than it seems, and it would be very hard to punish you when you don't deserve it." "But I do deserve it; I've broken the rule, and I ought to be punished," said Jack, as if a good whipping would be easier to bear than this public cross-examination. "And you can't explain, or even say you are sorry or ashamed?" asked...