Girl Books Set

Encourage a young girl s love of reading with illustrated Classic Starts books -- modern retellings of favorite stories that feature female characters of exceptional appeal. This package offers charming, abridged versions of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery; A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter; and Ballet Stories, a collection of eight famous classical dance narratives, including Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Designed to appeal to children in second to fourth grades, as well as older reluctant readers, Classic Starts are abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten to retain the magic of the original stories.