Louisa May Alcott

"Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, Jo's boys--including wanderer Dan, sailor Emil and musician Nat--are grown up and discovering more about the world. But life after childhood can be confusing and frightening, and it is Jo and the warm-hearted March family who can comfort and guide the boys when they need it most."--Back cover.

Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys; a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights; where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.

When friends Jack and Jill are injured in a sledding accident, their family and friends rally around them to help in their recovery.

This adaptation of the original stroy follows the activities of six children in ninteenth-century New England as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.

Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts, her uncle, and seven mischievous boy cousins.

Relates the adventures of Ben Brown, his performing poodle Sancho, and the two young girls who feed and care for them after the boy and dog run away from the circus.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

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After the death of her parents, Christie Devon declares her autonomy and desire to pioneer a new option for women-working. As a single woman, Christie wants to maintain her independence and work outside the home. She begins her journey discouraged to find that as a woman, her upbringing has failed her in that she was not taught a trade, as men often were, but rather the duties of a housewife. Christie first works as a maid, knowing there was no shame...