A tale of unconditional, selfless love, its beauty lies in its simplicity. Yet underneath its basic exterior lurks a memorable cast of characters and an unforgettable lesson about life.

USA - Buy Charlottes Web

UK - Buy Three Beloved Classics by E. B. White: Charlotte's Web/The Trumpet of the Swan/Stuart Little

Better known for her novels Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott continued the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family.

USA - Buy Jo's Boys
UK - Buy Jo's Boys

Louisa May Alcott The Author

Rose in Bloom is an interesting book about a girl who lives with her uncle. Her aunts wish her to be introduced into society after Rose had returned from a two year voyage around the world.

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UK - Buy Rose in Bloom

Louisa May Alcott The Author

Eight Cousins is in fact a treatise on the raising of young girls, written at a time when health was not widely considered a high priority. Milk and oatmeal and bread and exercise, an education in which information is discussed rather than merely memorized, practical skills and comfortable warm clothing and affection are what Rose needs, and she receives all of them plus many adventures shared with her cousins and the housemaid, Phebe.

USA - Buy Eight Cousins or the Aunt Hill
UK - Buy Eight Cousins or the Aunt Hill

Louisa May Alcott The Author

Little Men" is the delightful story of an experimental boarding school run by Jo and her husband, Fritz. The Bhaers aspire to have a school where boys can learn more than just what is in books, though that is one important aspect of their education. They teach them honesty, integrity, faith, and a work ethic. They teach them to be kind, to care for all of God's creatures, to respect authority and to love one another.

USA - Buy Little Men
UK - Buy Little Men

Louisa May Alcott The Author

This book is the story of Polly Milton, a country girl, who comes to stay with her friend Fanny Shaw in the city. Like the country mouse in the folktale of the country mouse and the city mouse, she is much impressed by the grandeur about her. Fanny always wears the latest fashions (she entices Polly into buying a pair of elegant bronze boots for nine dollars, an outrageous sum) and is fond of flirting with young men.

USA - Buy An Old-Fashioned Girl
UK - Buy An Old-Fashioned Girl

Louisa May Alcott The Author

Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee. Their friendly gift of a Christmas holiday breakfast to a neighbouring family is an act of generosity rewarded with wealthy Mr. Laurence's gift of a surprise Christmas feast.

USA - Buy Little Women
UK - Buy Little Women

Louisa May Alcott The Author

Louisa May Alcott was the first Civil War army nurse to publish an account of her service. Not yet famous at the author of "Little Women," the appearence of "Hospital Sketches" in the summer of 1863 was the also the first of her works to win her widespread attention.

USA - Buy Hospital Sketches

Bored with life at home and wanting to contribute something to the war effort, Alcott volunteered to serve as an nurse. After a wait of several months, she was assigned to the Union Hotel Hospital in Washington DC.