Eleanor H Porter
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Pollyanna Grows Up is the first sequel to Pollyanna, and the only one written by Porter herself. Numerous following sequels have been written by various authors. Pollyanna's crippling spinal injury has been cured, and she begins to teach a new town the "glad game". She makes many friends and two of her childhood friends, Jimmy and Jamie, court her. Jimmy is an energetic, healthy young architect and Jamie is a crippled literary genius.
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When Lincoln took office as President of the United States, the nation was fraught with problems, not the least of which was slavery and the danger of secession. This biography relates to how Lincoln dealt with the problems with thought and wisdom. James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction,...
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Surprise a young reader in your life with this collection of charming and insightful short stories from the pen of author Eleanor H. Porter, best known for the widely acclaimed novel Pollyanna. Touching on an array of engaging subjects and timeless themes, these stories showcase Porter's gift for crafting memorable characters that often find themselves in unusual or trying circumstances that test their mettle. As part of our mission to publish great...
4) Pollyanna
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Órfã de pai e mãe, Pollyanna, uma menina de 11 anos, é acolhida pela tia Polly, sua única parente viva. Rica, porém triste e rancorosa, a tia é desprovida de compreensão e afetividade, e recebe a menina em sua casa como um dever. Pollyanna, por sua vez, é uma menina encantadora, que a todos conquista com sua paixão pela vida e pelas pessoas, seu otimismo, sua alegria de viver. Um clássico da literatura infanto-juvenil escrito em 1912, e...
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"Once you start looking for the happy things, you don't think about the bad ones as much." That's the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world: no matter what happens, she plays her "Just Be Glad" game and finds the sunny side of any situation. But when she's orphaned and forced to live with her rigid Aunt Polly, will high-spirited Pollyanna succeed in melting her Aunt's cold heart?
6) Just David
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When a newly orphaned boy with a violin shows up in a small town, his unnique perspective transforms everyone.
When David comes on the scene, The Holly family, and much of the town, have done things for so long they don't even realize they are in a rut. David's innocence and naivete bring with it his own set of assumptions, opinions, and expectations. Because of the care his father had taken to keep him from the 'bad' – or painful – things in...
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Just David is the story of David, an innocent and sweet little boy of 10 who is suddenly transplanted from a quiet, shut away world of music (he plays the violin) in the mountains with only his father for company, to the hustle and bustle of a normal small town. He is a boy filled with love of music and love of people. Yes, he has a good sweet heart and it comes through in this novel. Kind of like Pollyanna, it is a story of how he brings his own...
8) Mary Marie
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Eleanor H. Porter's most famous literary creation is Pollyanna, but she isn't the only precocious young girl to spring from the author's pen. Mary Marie Anderson describes herself as "a cross-current and a contradiction", the offspring of incompatible parents who couldn't even agree about her name. When the two divorce when she is thirteen, Mary Marie is delighted since she's always liked being different. None of the other girls have two homes and...
9) Pollyanna
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In early twentieth-century Vermont, orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, and uses her philosophy of gladness to bring happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
10) Pollyanna
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2 videodiscs (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.