Luckily, Pollyanna has the Glad Game - a joyous, warm-hearted exercise where she finds the best in every situation. When her beloved father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her strict Aunt Polly in the dour town of Beldingsville, Vermont. This elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by children's book critic Imogen Russell Williams. Porter spawned a real-life `Glad' movement and endures today as a true classic of children's literature. With its wonderfully infectious good cheer, Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.27in - 0.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles.Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.With a good storyline and a positive message, Pollyanna is an inspiration to many never to give up on life Book Details

Porter offers an enlightening journey into the world of a child's innocence, whose positive energy has the mystical power to alleviate even the bleakest social and personal circumstances. As it explores themes of rejection, deprivation and illness, the novel relates to a wide audience. Although Pollyanna is considered a children's novel, it is in fact intended to be enjoyed by all ages. It follows the actions of its protagonist, eleven-year old Pollyanna who goes to live with her stern Aunty Polly, where she faces many challenges with a smile on her face. This is a timeless classic expressing the universal message that every aspect of life should be looked at in a positive way. Further sequels followed, including Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Eleven more Pollyanna sequels, known as 'Glad Books', were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Also, the subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle.

Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature, with the title character's name becoming a popular term for someone with the same very optimistic outlook. Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H.

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