Christmas with Anne (L.M. Montgomery Books) [Hardcover]

L.M. Montgomery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: L.M. Montgomery Books

Share Anne's delight at receiving the dress of her dreams, the joy of a young woman reunited with her long-lost brother on Christmas Eve, and the surprise of a trio of sisters who inadvertently end a family feud by arriving at the wrong uncle's house for Christmas dinner.

L.M. Montgomery reveals the joys and trials of Christmas and the hope of the New Year in this moving collection, which will be treasured by her fans and by all readers who enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 4^-7. Fourteen short stories published in magazines during the early 1900s and two Christmas episodes from Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Windy Poplars make up this collection of Christmas tales. Although the sentimentality of the magazine stories can be a bit cloying, the best ones have a certain vigor as well. Not a necessary purchase, but a book that Anne fans may want to peruse during the Christmas season. Carolyn Phelan

From Kirkus Reviews

Christmas With Anne ($16.95; Sept. 1996; 214 pp.; 0-385-32288- 7): The title is a misnomer: There are two Christmas stories featuring Anne (the incident of Matthew and the puffed sleeves, and the surprise thawing of Miss Katherine Brooks); the other pieces have been assembled from magazine stories never published in the US. Readers will not feel cheated, however; Wilmshurst has selected tales as heartwarming as those set at Green Gables and beyond, and Montgomery's fans are always ready for any new story that can be mustered from this fabled author's pen. (Fiction. 10+) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1st American Ed edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385322887
• ISBN-13: 978-0385322881
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #703,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the setting for Anne of Green Gables. She left to attend college, but returned to Prince Edward Island to teach. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan MacDonald. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of "Anne" books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas memories in the making, October 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories (L.M. Montgomery Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is so charming and gentle. It is filled with lovely stories of Christmases past. All of them have a message of the true meanings of Christmas: giving, loving, sharing, forgiving, and family. The stories are so simple and fresh in today's day and age. Lucy Maud Montgomery is a treasure in any child's library. This is no exception. There is a light warm feeling that comes from reading this book. There are enough stories to count down the days of Christmas with your children with a story each night. What a lovely way to wind down a day, and tuck them in with a warm feeling inside!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stories, March 16, 2006

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This review is from: Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories (L.M. Montgomery Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

All the stories in this book are definitely worth reading. However, if you are an L.M. Montgomery fan who has all her other works, these stories have all been printed previously. Some of those previous books are out of print, so if you do not have her full collection, I would highly recommend this book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A warm and wonderful book for any time of year, September 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas with Anne (L.M. Montgomery Books) (Hardcover)

Fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery young and old will truly enjoy this new collection of short stories. This is what I call "comfort reading", about kinder, simpler times. As always, readers come to care about the characters and their situations. Even the two excerpts from Montgomery's novels that are included in this anthology stand by themselves very well. This book would be a wonderful Christmas present, but I read it in July and found it a treat for any time of year.