Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers - Softcover

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551096625 ISBN 13: 9781551096629

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Now even the youngest Anne of Green Gables fans can celebrate the centennial anniversary.

2008 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale of the red-headed orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. The story has been translated into many languages the world over and is considered a classic in children's literature, though it continues to be read by children and adults alike.

Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, adapted by Prince Edward Island writer Deirdre Kessler, is suitable for readers ages six and up. With colourful, historically accurate illustrations by award-winning illustrator David Preston Smith, this adapted version of L. M. Montgomery's wonderful story will delight readers too young for chapter books but nonetheless enthralled by the enduring appeal of this timeless classic story.

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About the Authors

Lucy Maud (L. M.) Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author best known for her popular Anne of Green Gables series, the first book of which was originally published in 1908. The PEI-born author studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and went on to publish twenty novels and hundreds of short stories and poems. Montgomery's work has inspired movies, television shows, musicals, plays, and continues to draw countless visitors to Prince Edward Island each year.

Deirdre Kessler teaches creative writing and children's literature at the University of Prince Edward Island. She is the author of five children's novels, including the Canadian Children's Book Centre Award–winning Brupp Rides Again, and six other picture books, including perennial favourites Lobster in My Pocket and Lena and the Whale.

David Preston Smith is an internationally recognized artist and illustrator. He launched his career with NASA as a concept illustrator and has worked as the official sports artist for many of Canada's premier sporting events, including the Canada Cup Hockey Series and Olympic Games. He lives in Head of St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia.

From the Back Cover

Anne of Green Gables, young readers

Reviews

Grade 2–4—Kessler reduces Montgomery's delightfully descriptive narrative to a bare-bones, easy-to-read plot summation. Though much of the dialogue and phrasing are taken directly from the original, this version suffers from abrupt transitions and loses much of its warmth, wit, and literary finesse. While the basic events of Anne's life and relationships are clearly conveyed, the adaptation lacks spirit, and the vivacious protagonist comes across as flat. Her maturation from girl to young woman, which develops naturally over the course of the novel, seems all too sudden and unsatisfying in this picture-book rendition. Any sense of the time period and the colorful setting-which are so vividly expressed in Montgomery's writing—are conveyed here only through the warm-hued full-page and spot illustrations. Young readers would do better to wait until they have the necessary vocabulary and skills to experience the real thing.—Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal
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Edition details

• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551096625
• ISBN 13: 9781551096629
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Smith David Preston
• Number of pages: 46