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Under the Mad Hat (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
I am a children's literature librarian and now an Atlantic Canadian. I first read Anne of Green Gables as an adult. I fell in love with it on first reading but it was already too late for me. My enjoyment was immediately tempered by knowledge: how the book's popularity changed the author's life, forcing her to write sequels she wasn't content with; and how the book changed a pastoral, island landscape...
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prairiemary (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
At the website for the radio program www.here-now.org you can hear this radio interview: ANNE WITH AN 'E ': This month marks the 100th anniversary of Canadian Author Lucy Maud Montgomery 's classic, Anne of Green Gables. On Canada's Prince Edward Island, where the book is set, there have been Anne parades, an Anne country fair and newly released Anne Shirley postal stamps. But the book is also celebrated...
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Japanjin (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Audrey Hepburn. The Carpenters. A Dog of Flanders. Stay in Japan longer than a week and you'll realize that certain obsessions linger forever here. So it is with Anne of Green Gables (赤毛のアン—"red-haired Anne"). 2008 marks the 100-year anniversary of the first publication of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel about a spunky orphaned girl living in Canada's Prince Edward Island. From The Chronicle Herald
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The Point (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Kristin and Rebecca, your questions are below -- and as promised, they're a whole new level of difficult (I hope). Send your answers to my e-mail address, which you should both have, or just use the "Contact" link again. Be...
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The Point (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
In last week's Anne of Green Gables quiz, both Rebecca Slominsky and Kristin Duckworth got all the answers, including the extra credit answers, correct. Well done, ladies! Later today we'll hold a runoff to determine a first-place winner and a...
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Dalhousie News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
For 100 years, readers have loved author Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gables . Now children's writer and Dal alum Budge Wilson has written the prequel Before Green Gables .
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The Point (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
As promised earlier, here's our quiz to celebrate Anne's 100th birthday! (And if you think some of these questions are hard, you should see the ones on Anne's own site!) You have until next Friday to submit your answers. First...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Canada Post has unveiled a pair of stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables, as thousands of fans continue to descend on P.E.I. to celebrate L.M. Montgomery's beloved red-headed heroine.
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Bookninja (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
100 yeas of Anne of Green Gables (and Red Buttplugs) Puzo estate suing over Godfather video game Coverage of Oz book awards Artists in PEI want their share of the PIE, tired of charities asking for donations Good and bad news from the children’s illustration world: RIP Tasha Tudor and hello Lauren Child Blackwells launches “clicks and bricks” POD in [...]
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Market Wire - Government: International (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) After months of anticipation, Canada Post is proud to announce that as of today, the Anne of the Green Gables stamps go on sale coast-to-coast-to-coast. The two domestic rate stamps, a joint issue with Japan Post, celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Lucy Maud Montgomery's internationally acclaimed Anne of Green Gables.
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The Point (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Today marks the 100th birthday of someone very dear to me: On June 20, 1908, Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery received, in Cavendish, P.E.I., the first edition of her soon to be immensely popular novel Anne of Green Gables. --CBCNews...
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Out of the Woods Now (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
This went up yesterday at Blogging Anne of Green Gables . Here are the wealth of references found between Chapters 7 and 19 (from Anne's prayers to the Debating Club concert): ~ Marilla determines to "send to the manse tomorrow and borrow the Peep of Day series". (The copyright of the edition linked to here says 1925, but I imagine it was around in other forms years before that.) ~ Anne learns the...
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CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
A few weeks ago on " The R3-30 Goes Broadway ", listener Matt Morrison of Charlottetown won two tickets to Anne of Green Gables The Musical on our fabulous Wheel of Freedom . The only thing we asked in return? Review the show: I walk into the main lobby of the Confederation Center of the Arts on the 100th anniversary of Anne (does this need a copyright sign'… hope not) and what an atmosphere! The buzz...
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catop | 11/13/2007
Dealing with children on a daily basis is not an easy task. Here are some activities to help you to spend a great time with your children. A continuacion... Children