The First book in the “Katy Did Series” A children's book about the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. The Author modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her br...

The novel follows Katy Carr, the spirited and adventurous protagonist, as she embarks on a new phase of her life by attending a boarding school in the fictional town of Hillsover. Katy's experiences at the school are a central focus of the story, as she navigates friendships, academic challenges, and personal growth. The book also introduces new characters, including Katy's roommate, Rose Red, and her cousin, Lilly Page.Susan Coolidge's novel is known for its moral lessons and character de...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: "What Katy Did," a universal children's classicThe Katy series is a set of novels by American children's author Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who wrote under the pen name of Susan Coolidge. The first in the series, “What Katy Did,” was published in 1872 and followed the next year by “What Katy Did at School.”The two first novels were followed the current novel "What Katy Did Next," first publ...

According to Wikipedia: "Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 - April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. She was born into a wealthy, influential family in Cleveland, Ohio, and spent much of her childhood in New Haven Connecticut. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861-1865), after which she started to write. Woolsey never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, R.I., until her death. She edited The Aut...

In Susan Coolidge's "In the High Valley," the third installment of the Katy Karr Chronicles, readers find themselves immersed in a rich tapestry of coming-of-age themes intertwined with the beauty and challenges of rural life. Set against the picturesque backdrop of the High Valley, Coolidge employs a vivid and lyrical narrative style, blending humor and heartfelt emotion to explore complex family dynamics, friendship, and personal growth. This novel continues the story of Katy Carr, now a...

Katy Carr is a young woman when a family friend, Amy Ashe, comes to live with the Carrs for a time. Amy and Katy soon become close friends, and when Amy is given an opportunity to travel to Europe, she invites Katy to come along.What Katy Did Next is the third book about Katy Carr written by Susan Coolidge, and takes place after What Katy Did and What Katy Did at School. It is followed by Clover, which returns to Katy’s life after she is married,...

Edith Nesbit was born in London. She grew up in France, Germany, and Kent, and wrote over 60 books of fiction for children, including Five Children and It, The Wouldbegoods, and The Railway Children. She died in 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England.

Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything around the twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever?

This carefully crafted ebook: "WHAT KATY DID TRILOGY – What Katy Did, What Katy Did at School & What Katy Did Next (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book which follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beauti...

The author of children’s classic ‘Ballet Shoes’ delights with a best-loved story of ice skating rivalry…“If you pass your inter-silver, I’ll tell Aunt Claudia that I don’t want to work with you any more.”Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health. She isn’t much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. Now Harriet is getting better and better on the ice, and Lalla doesn’t like it. Does Harriet want to save their fr...

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.Magic for Marigold, written by L.M. Montgomery, is a novel about the adventures of an imaginative young girl.

_When nursery lamps are veiled, and nurse is singingIn accents low,Timing her music to the cradle's swinging,Now fast, now slow,—__Singing of Baby Bunting, soft and furryIn rabbit cloak,Or rock–a–byed amid the toss and flurryOf wind–swept oak;__Of Boy–Blue sleeping with his horn beside him,Of my son John,Who went to bed (let all good boys deride him)With stockings on;__Of sweet Bo–Peep following her lambkin...