Maida's Little House [Paperback]

Inez Haynes Irwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

1921. This is the second book in The Maida Westabrook series, which features Maida Westabrook, the orphaned daughter of Jerome Buffalo Westabrook, Wall Street tycoon. Although Maida has had everything that money can buy and the devotion of her father, she suffers from poor health. After an operation, on a chance visit to Charlestown they visit a little neighborhood shop, and Maida is enchanted and wishes that she, too, could keep a shop just like this one. Buffalo Westabrook, delighted to see Maida take an interest in something, buys the shop and arranges for Maida to live above the shop with elderly Irish housekeeper, Granny Flynn. The only two conditions are that she must make the shop pay, and she must not reveal her true identity. There is a fairy tale charm about Maida, the poor little rich girl, who is restored to health and who finds happiness living in an ordinary neighborhood among ordinary children, tending her little shop. In Maida's Little House all of her friends spend a happy summer in her perfect little house that has everything a child could wish for. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417942363
• ISBN-13: 978-1417942367
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,517,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars maida's little any thing, February 6, 2000

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Lesley E. Zajac (boston, mass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maida's Little House (Hardcover)

like the rest I inherited these wonderful books from older sisters and cousins-have 8 would love the rest-but they are so had to get hold of. they are especially interesting to me as I come from a town next to Charlestown and love to read the description of how Boston and the Cape were back then Such positive images of bright and thoughtful girls and boys-wouldn't it be wonderful to get them republished like they are now doing with the old Judy Bolton Series

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent children's book; great role models for all times, April 29, 1999

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[e-mail] (Rockville, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maida's Little House (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful series that I too discovered as a child. I have 8-9 of the Maida books and thought I was only missing Zoo until I read the other reviews. Would be very interested in hearing from others as to where we might find some of these that are missing from our series. These books stand the test of time through all generations, providing good, clean fun, high morals and boys and girls getting along and solving their differences without violence.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think they should be reprinted, May 6, 2004

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Joyce Andrea Sperling (Los Angeles Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maida's Little House (Hardcover)

I loved the Little _____ books as a child.I got to read only Maidas little shop and farm but I loved them both.Is there anybody out who can find a way to get these republished.They were fantastic and I really think they would be an asset to the new generation of readers as well as those of us who already love them