The middle of the story finally won us over, and we stopped making comparisons to Anne, but then the tidy ending irked me and we settled on a 3.5/4. 'Īnne is better known for her poetic proclamations of natural beauty and her imagination.

Pollyanna is more known for her “optimistic thinking” and her “Just Be Glad” game, where you quickly try to improve negative thinking by using the mindset that you should “just be glad that. There are some differences in the storylines. Both Pollyanna and Anne struggle with their appearance and both are received in a lackluster way, by new caregivers who aren't sure they really want them.īoth girls also work their magic by having a sort of unflagging optimism that turns the stingy hearts of others around them.īut, after about three chapters in, my 11-year-old turned to me and said, “Mom, did this author copy Anne of Green Gables?” And, I must admit, I was wondering the same thing. It was published only four years after Anne of Green Gables, and both stories have a similar storyline: a plucky, young girl of eleven or so is orphaned and has nowhere to go. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives.

Includes exclusive material: In The Backstory you can test your knowledge of the book and find out if you’re as optimistic as Pollyanna! But when a horrible accident occurs can the Game save Pollyanna? Before long, Pollyanna’s sunny outlook has brightened up the whole town. The truth is that her dear father, before he died, taught her a trick for life – the 'Glad Game' – the aim of which is to find the good in every bad situation. She is poor, orphaned and alone but Pollyanna just feels lucky to have an aunt at all. When her father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt Polly. 'Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it'

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