Ladybird Classics: Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott, Chiara Fedele (Illustrator)

Overview

This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone.

Beautiful new illustrations throughout bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780723290643
Publisher:	Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date:	04/03/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	72
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel, Moods.

She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic