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Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag - Volume 6
Louisa May Alcott
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The last volume of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag is another collection of stories by Louisa May Alcott. From preparing for Thanksgiving (with your parents away!) to the adventures two dolls had on their way to Maine, to the strange tale told by the old seat, these are funny, sweet, and altogether delightful stories for all ages.
The last volume of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag is another collection of stories by Louisa May Alcott. From preparing for Thanksgiving (with your parents away!) to the adventures two dolls had on their way to Maine, to the strange tale told by the old seat, these are funny, sweet, and altogether delightful stories for all ages.
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They were very jolly at dinner, and talked a good deal about the Blakes, who ate in their own rooms. Miss Kent told what the children said, and it touched the soft spot in all their hearts to hear about the red shirts, though they laughed at Polly's lament over the bird with only one feather in its tail.
"I'd give them a better tree if I had any place to put it, and knew how to trim it up," said Mr. Chrome, with a sudden burst of generosity, which so pleased Miss Kent that her eyes shone like Christmas candles.
"Put it in the back parlor. All the Browns are away for a week, and we'll help you trim it—won't we, my dear?" cried Mrs. Smith, warmly; for she saw that he was in. . . Read More
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As American literature this work is not particularly notable. Dialog is awful but maybe typical of writing in its period. However, from a social history and holiday customs perspective I found it really interesting. It was first published in 1868, the same year Alcott published the far more famous L
What a wonderful Thanksgiving story. Maybe some day I will read her book, Little Women.
because I love the way she writes.
When the girls mother leaves on thanksgiving day to her mother's house, the girls decide that they can prepare thanksgiving dinner. They didn't do too bad of a job, but nobody c
This short piece begins: “SIXTY years ago, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a house full of sturdy sons and daughters growing up about him. They were poor in money, but rich in land and love, for the wide acres of wood, corn, and pasture land fed, warmed, and clothed the
An Old- Fashioned Thanksgiving by Mary Louise Alcott is an 1868 publication.
The excitement of Thanksgiving is in the air as preparations begin for the big holiday feast. Unfortunately, a family emergency leaves the Bassett children in charge of the festivities. They are determined- but can they pul
What a delightful little short story by the great Louisa May Alcott (Little Women). Originally published in 1882 in Aunt Jo's Scrap-bag.
It is Thanksgiving and the Bassett family is preparing for their big dinner when the mother and father are called away to visit an ailing Grandmother. The children