Annie Fellows Johnston Anne Johnston Etheldred B. Barry
During the early part of the twentieth century, The Little Colonel series was the most popular series for children. The first in the series of books about Lloyd Sherman, "The Little Colonel." First published in 1895, this often requested reprint is also memorable as the basis for the 1935 motion picture of the same title starring Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore.
During the early part of the twentieth century, The Little Colonel series was the most popular series for children. The first in the series of books a...
The Little Colonel is back, and this time she's a maid of honor. Her friend Eugenia is getting married, and the whole wedding party has come to stay at Lloyd's house. The old fashioned term for this kind of extended sleep-over/get-together is a -house party.- Reading Ms. Johnston's version of the delightful events leading up to the wedding is like traveling back to the time of slow summer days and long, white cotton dresses. In this story readers will be introduced to Mary Ware, the wild girl from Arizona who has traveled all the way to Kentucky for...
The Little Colonel is back, and this time she's a maid of honor. Her friend Eugenia is getting married, and the whole wedding party has c...
Because of an illness in the family that her mother has to attend to, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, is shipped off to boarding school from her home in Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky.
During the semester, the Little Colonel becomes friends with Ida Shane, founds a Shadow Club to raise money for the poor, and attends her very first Halloween masquerade.
But as the Little Colonel returns home to her loving family and awaits the beginning of the New Year, she learns the most important lesson of her time away at school: absence makes the heart grow fonder....
Because of an illness in the family that her mother has to attend to, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, is shipped off to boarding school...
