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Alcott's sense of humor is delightfully homespun and (unlike other sentimental novels) the emotional responses of the characters seem natural rather than overblown. 4th to 6th grade reading level, Alice's
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It would be difficult to recommend something not influenced to some degree by a classic book. An Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott first published in 1869.
Alcott's writing is still pretty 19th-century sentimental to the modern reader, but you get used to it after a bit. An Old-Fashioned Girl Language: English: LoC Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: City and town life -- Fiction Subject: New England -- Fiction Subject: Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject: Boston (Mass.) by Daniel Defoe
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Some might call Louisa May Alcott's books preachy, but I love them, and I must say I enjoyed Miss Alcott's insight into a girl's character/emotions. The Learning A-Z Text Leveling System in English and Spanish uses objective (quantitative) and subjective (qualitative) leveling criteria to measure text complexity. Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes. Geography
Each of the three box sets comes with 11 full-color stories, a parents’ guide containing tips on reading with your child, and reward stickers. If the reservation is based on archaic language, I can understand the problem. I'm looking forward to sharing this book with my girls when they are older!
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Polly Milton rather reminded me of Pollyanna in a way - she comes to the city to visit her best friend Fanny Shaw and brings the sunshine with her to a rich but struggling household.
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I love how the whole family she stays with comes to love her simple, sweet mannerisms, and then are changed and improved by her example. The fact that I can quote "persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing" from, possibly, the most preachy book I've ever read is oh so amusing. by Rudyard Kipling
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Ok, it was slightly better than Little Women, maybe because there were fewer of them to be relentlessly testing my gag reflex with their moralizing and aspirations to goodness. Polly Milton rather reminded me of Pollyanna in a way - she comes to the city to visit her best friend Fanny Shaw and brings the sunshine with her to a rich but struggling household. Studies
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I've read it once before, several years ago, but I didn't remember much of it and it was fun to go through it again - especially now that I appreciate all the lessons tucked into "Old Fashioned Girl".
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I think the main reason her books (including this one) have stood the test of time, despite their archaic style, is that her characters are so lovably imperfect. An Old-Fashioned Girl ... (or reading over of) by the reader. A must read for all young women looking to make their way in the world! Little Men.
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