Synopsis
This story of the four March sisters is based on the author's own childhood. The novel is divided into two parts. "Book One" focuses on the sisters' struggles with poverty while growing up in New England during the Civil War. As their father, a minister, serves in the war, the girls are raised by their loving and wise mother, Marmee. "Book Two" takes place after the war has ended and the father has returned to the family. The sisters deal with love, marriage, an unexpected tragedy, and Jo's determination to become a professional writer.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-01-01 | | Illustrator: | Beth Moulton |
| Size | | Height: | 20.5 in | | Width: | 14.5 in | | Thickness: | 2.0 in | | Weight: | 4.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
NanaBanana Classics invites children 5 & older to enter the world of classic tales. NanaBanana Classics shares favorite childhood stories through the friendly format of the oversized (20"x14") coloring book. "Little Women" is a return to the simpler world of the March family in nineteenth-century New England. Meet Jo, Amy, Beth & Meg & watch them as they encourage & help each other to meet life's challenges - becoming so much more than "little women." All this is told with clean, appealing line drawings & concise, entertaining text. The book contains 32 full page illustrations. It is cardboard-backed & printed on high quality vellum, suitable for any kind of coloring medium. The pages are printed on single sides & produced so that they may be removed, if desired, for framing. Each page contains a line or two of text so the child may follow the whole story. Other NanaBanana titles include "Alice in Wonderland", "Sleeping Beauty/Beauty and the Beast" (two books in one), "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Nutcracker". To order, please write or call NanaBanana Classics, P.O. Box 7517, Greenwich, CT 06836. 1-800-337-6717 (phone & FAX).
Industry Reviews
"...'Little Women' represents Alcott's belief that the fullest art came from women who had fulfilled both their sexual and their intellectual needs....Jo lives and writes, not as the unattainable genius, Shakespeare's sister, but as a sister of our own."
introduction - Elaine Showalter
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