Louisa May Alcott

In What Love Can Do, two poor sisters share their modest Christmas wishes with each other, namely: a little money with which to buy gifts for their family members. Overhearing this, the kindly residents of a boarding house come together to make a lovely Christmas surprise for the two girls.

In "A Hospital Christmas" a Civil War-era hospital is the setting for a Christmas story about caring for others, thinking positively and how sharing can make Christmas meaningful for those who have little.

In "Kate's Choice" a young English girl inherits a financial windfall when she is suddenly orphaned. Per her father's wish, she is sent to America to live with the families of each of her four uncles in order to choose where she will live. Each family is full of wonderful, prosperous interesting people, all of them anxious that Kate should choose their family to stay with. But at Christmastime, Kate surprises them all by announcing whom she shall...

In "Becky's Christmas Dream", a poor working girl is left alone at Christmas time. Wishing for companionship and love, she is spoken to by an old gray cat, who reveals to her a simple truth about being loved.

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women'. In her six-volume series of 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag', she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This illustrated volume features the stories 'Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore', 'Two Little Traveler's', 'A Jolly Fourth', 'Seven Black Cats', 'Rosa's Tale', 'Lunch', 'A Bright Idea', 'How They Camped Out', 'My Little School-Girl', 'What a...

"God bless us, every one!" "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!" Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Together these classic literary masterpieces warm our hearts and remind us of the joy and love to be discovered anew each Christmas morning. A Classic Christmas features both of these traditional...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.' In mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March continue to encounter both joys and sorrows along life's path, as they journey into womanhood both close to home and further away. The highs and lows of the four young women's lives are shared with...

Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys, a place of light, warmth, and delights, where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.

"Louisa May Alcott: A Classic Christmas Treasury - Illustrated" is a literary gem that compiles the enchanting Christmas stories of the renowned American author, Louisa May Alcott. This collection presents a dozen heartwarming tales, including "A Country Christmas," "Rosa's Tale," "What the Bells Saw and Said," "A Merry Christmas," and many others. Louisa May Alcott, celebrated for her timeless work "Little Women," demonstrates her storytelling...

A Louisa May Alcott Book Bundle. This collection includes a linked table of contents with the following books, • Little Women • Little Men • Jo's Boys, plus 3 Bonus Books by Louisa May Alcott, • Eight Cousins • A Modern Cinderella • Flower Fables. This Little Women Collection contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions.