Books with title Little Critter: The Original Classics

A deluxe Little Critter hardcover collection featuring the original classic stories from Mercer Mayer!This deluxe 320-page Little Critter storybook includes the original classic Critter stories created by Mercer Mayer! Children ages three to seven will love the heartwarming stories in this hardcover collection! Featured stories include: Just For You, Just Me and My Dad, Just Me and My Mom, Just Go to Bed, All By Myself, Me Too!, Just Grandpa and Me, Just Grandma and Me, Just Me and My Puppy, Just a Mess, I Just Forgot, Just Me and My Little Brother, and I Was So Mad.

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together they are the March sisters. Even though money is short, times are tough and their father is away at war, their infectious sense of fun sweeps everyone up in their adventures — including Laurie, the boy next door. And through sisterly squabbles, their happy times and sad ones too, the sisters discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do.Based on Louisa May Alcott’s childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.A wonderful story... As a child, I strongly identified with Jo because she is a writer. —Jacqueline WilsonThe American female myth. —Madelon BedellIt is an essential American novel, perhaps the essential American novel for girls… Girls come to it on their own. —Jane SmileyIn “Little Women”, Alcott anticipated realism by twenty or thirty years. —G. K. Chesterton

*** This Ebook Features Amazing Dynamic Chapter Link Navigation for a Premium Reading Experience, Plus the BONUS Entire Audiobook, & more than Two Hundred Original Illustrations.Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. The novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March – and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first volume Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, prompting the composition of the book's second volume titled Good Wives, which was successful as well. The publication of the book as a single volume first occurred in 1880 and was titled Little Women. Alcott followed Little Women with two sequels, also featuring the March sisters, Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886).Louisa May Alcott's father Bronson Alcott approached publisher Thomas Niles about a book he wanted to publish.Their talk soon turned to Louisa. Niles, an admirer of her book Hospital Sketches, suggested she write a book about girls which would have widespread appeal. She was not interested at first and instead asked to have her short stories collected. He pressed her to do the girls' book first. In May 1868, she wrote in her journal: "Niles, partner of Roberts, asked me to write a girl's book. I said I'd try."She later recalled she did not think she could write a successful book for girls and did not enjoy writing one. "I plod away", she wrote in her diary, "although I don't enjoy this sort of things." By June, she sent the first dozen chapters to Niles and both thought they were dull. Niles's niece Lillie Almy, however, reported that she enjoyed them. The completed manuscript was shown to several girls, who agreed it was "splendid". Alcott wrote, "they are the best critics, so I should definitely be satisfied."

A favorite throughout the world, Louisa May Alcott's classic novel was first published in two parts, the first in 1868 and the second in 1869. Little Women volume 1 and 2 are presented here in full with over 200 beautiful, original illustrations from the famous 1880 edition. Use Amazon's Look Inside feature and be impressed by the difference between this edition and others. This collection includes:Journal entries and personal letters that reveal a brilliant relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her mother, Abigail May Alcott. These primary sources provide fascinating context and are a heartwarming reminder of the characteristics that make mothers worth celebrating.Over 200 original illustrations by Frank T. Merrill from the 1880 editionThe novel follows the lives of four sister, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, and is based loosely on the family life of Louisa May. Mrs. March, the legendary mother character in Little Women, is one of the most beloved matriarchs in American literature. “Marmee,” as her four daughters affectionately call her, even has the same nickname as Louisa May Alcott’s real life mother.This special edition of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a wonderful introduction to the classic tale and a beautiful keepsake for fans. It also makes the perfect gift for mothers and grandmothers on Mother's Day, mom's birthday, or any day you just want to show mom or grandma she's special.