Books in Little Colonel series

The vivacious Lloyd Sherman, better rememberedas the Little Colonel, is growing up. As usual, this process brings bothpleasure and pain into her life. In this book Lloyd's adventures lead her,along with her best friends, to Warwick Hall, a lovely old boarding school inWashington, D.C., where they will have wonderful times together. When Christmasbreak comes along, Lloyd and her friends are filled with excitement over all ofthe parties and dances that they will attend. Christmas break is sure to bringLloyd happiness, but with it also comes painful disappointment. Will she everbe allowed to return to her beloved friends and school?Annie Fellows Johnston skillfully recreates the difficulties and joys thatare a part of becoming a woman. For generations (starting with The LittleColonel , also published by Pelican), the adventures of Lloyd Shermanand her fun-loving friends have won readers' hearts. The Little Colonel storiesprove that although times have changed, essential human qualities have not.

As one of the gifts for her eleventh birthday Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, is given permission to hold her very own house party.She invites her closest friends from all over the country--Eugenia Forbes of New York City, Joyce Ware of Plainsville, Kansas, and Beth Lewis of Jaynes, Kentucky--to her home in Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky for her special event.Over the course of the weekend the four girls learn that, though they are very different, they all have much in common, and also teach each other the true meaning of friendship.

One of the most beloved heroines of Americanchildren's literature, the Little Colonel, a delightful young Kentucky girl, isthe central figure in this nostalgic tale of growing up in a leisurely age.The Little Colonel, Mom Beck, Papa Jack, Old Colonel Lloyd (who bore astriking resemblance to Napoleon) and their companions of Lloydsboro Valleyform an appealing and lively cast for this delightful story.The tranquil setting of the beautiful Kentucky countryside, the timelessgrace and wisdom of the Old Colonel, and the inquisitiveness of the young lassknown as the Little Colonel combine to produce an ageless classic that has beensavored again and again by many generations of young readers.

For the first time, supporting character Mary Ware steps out of Annie Fellows Johnston's hugely popular Little Colonel Series and into her very own collection of adventures. With Mary Ware's acceptance into Warwick Hall, a prestigious boarding school that had previously educated Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, she quickly becomes a favored student with the headmistress, Madame Chartley. Madame Chartley grants Mary Ware the honor of living in the Little Colonel's old dorm room, shared by fellow Warwick Hall student Ethelinda Hurst. Mary Ware, the naive, unabashed, enthusiastic young woman from the deserts of Arizona, and Ethelinda Hurst, a spoiled, aristocratic brat from the suburbs of Chicago, affect and influence each others' characters more than either could have predicted as they age and mature into proper young women.

Because of an illness in the family that her mother has to attend to, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, is shipped off to boarding school from her home in Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky. During the semester, the Little Colonel becomes friends with Ida Shane, founds a Shadow Club to raise money for the poor, and attends her very first Halloween masquerade. But as the Little Colonel returns home to her loving family and awaits the beginning of the New Year, she learns the most important lesson of her time away at school: absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The childish adventures of Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, come to an endin The Little Colonel�s Knight Comes Riding , the last in the LittleColonel series.After their return to Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky, from Warwick Hall inWashington D.C., the Little Colonel and friends Kitty Walton and Betty Lewisfind that the young boys they have grown up with have matured into gracefulyoung men.The Little Colonel struggles between her desire to still be a child and herdesire to live the life of a sophisticated young woman. But childhood sweetheartRob Moore�s proposal of marriage makes the Little Colonel all the more awareof her developing adult emotions.

The Little Colonel is back, and thistime she's a maid of honor. Her friend Eugenia is getting married, and thewhole wedding party has come to stay at Lloyd's house. The old fashioned termfor this kind of extended sleep-over/get-together is a "house party."Reading Ms. Johnston's version of the delightful events leading up to thewedding is like traveling back to the time of slow summer days and long, whitecotton dresses.In this story readers will be introduced to Mary Ware, the wild girl fromArizona who has traveled all the way to Kentucky for the festivities. Heruntamed western ways make her an endearing character. Handsome young men,moonlit boat rides, and evening walks through the woods delight Lloyd and herdear friends as much as they do the reader. Perhaps Lloyd will even find thebeginnings of love.

Mary Ware, introduced to readers in TheLittle Colonel series (all published by Pelican), is seventeen yearsold and ready for adventure. Although she is young, she has already had manytravels and experiences, including a trip to New York City and a wonderfulseason at boarding school. Now she is heading back out West with her family,but not without leaving behind some unfulfilled hopes. She can only correspondthrough letters to one whom she longs more than anything to see. Mary watchesdelightedly as her handsome brother Jack finds romance, but her joy for hishappiness is tempered by her own desires.Follow Mary Ware on her adventure to womanhood. Her honest and easygoingpersonality will win the confidence of all young readers. Her friends andfamily will capture hearts as well. Does Mary's "promised land"really exist, and will she ever reach it? Ms. Johnston answers both of thesequestions and skillfully creates yet another enduring classic.