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"Thoughts of Joy..." (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Eleanor H. Porter Genre: Children's Classic Published: 1913 Personal Rating: 4.5/5 Yearly Count: 50 Pollyanna is orphaned at eleven years old. Her wealthy Aunt Polly feels it's her duty to have Pollyanna move in with her. Right from the start, Pollyanna spreads her "gladness" wherever she goes. As time passes, she touches the lives of many people in her community until her own "gladness" is in need...
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A Library Writer's Blog (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
CFP: The History of American Bestsellers (collection) Deadline: February 15, 2008 Following a successful first call for papers, we invite further chapter proposals for an edited volume dedicated to the history of American bestsellers. We are now interested in receiving chapter proposals on the following books and authors. (In instances where an author has a number of texts which might be suitable for...
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yarnstorm (Free subscription) | 11/19/2007
Since 1st September I have been surrounded by Enid Blyton, L.M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Noel Streatfeild, E. Nesbit, Joyce Lankester Brisley, Arthur Ransome, Michael Bond, and E.B. White. Johanna Spyri, Eve Garnett and Eleanor H. Porter and many more...
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Why Homeschool (Free subscription) | 11/13/2007
Hayley Mills stars in the Disney 1960 movie Pollyanna . Amazon lists other actors and actresses first, but in my mind it is Hayley Mills who was the star. The story Pollyanna was written in 1913 by Eleanor H. Porter . Pollyanna looses her parents and goes to live with a cold aunt who has no love for her niece. Pollyanna was taught by her father to play a "Glad game" by her father, always looking for...
