Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (1868) When I first read Little Women, it was my mother’s copy from when she was a girl. It contained both Little Women and Good Wives, though I didn't understand that until this summer. Here’s a picture of the copy I spent time with this
Susan Coolidge’s What Katy Did Next (1886) I didn’t find out until this summer What Katy Did Next. As a girl reader, I didn’t care to find out what happened to a character once she got old (read: any age much older than I) and married and boring. I religiously
Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did at School (1873) What’s better than a boarding school story? Nothing much. Even though the fictional Katy and her beloved sister Clover weren’t especially fond of the idea of being sent away (too much responsibility at home was making them grow too serious,
Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did (1872) Susan Coolidge was the pen name of author Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, whose Katy series is her best known work, What Katy Didbeing the first of that series. Do you know Katy Carr?[You might also recognize the name of her niece, author Gamel Woolsey, whose
Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi in the South Seas (1959) Trans. Gerry Bothmer Illus. Louis S. Glanzman Pippi kicks ass. Really. She stands out. Sure, a lot of the heroines I’ve been spending time with this summer are spunky. S’why I liked them. Whether it was Ramoma adding whiskers and a tail
