Eleanor H Porter

Pollyanna Grows Up is the first sequel to Pollyanna, and the only one written by Porter herself. Numerous following sequels have been written by various authors. Pollyanna's crippling spinal injury has been cured, and she begins to teach a new town the "glad game". She makes many friends and two of her childhood friends, Jimmy and Jamie, court her. Jimmy is an energetic, healthy young architect and Jamie is a crippled literary genius.

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Surprise a young reader in your life with this collection of charming and insightful short stories from the pen of author Eleanor H. Porter, best known for the widely acclaimed novel Pollyanna. Touching on an array of engaging subjects and timeless themes, these stories showcase Porter's gift for crafting memorable characters that often find themselves in unusual or trying circumstances that test their mettle. As part of our mission to publish great...

Just David is the story of David, an innocent and sweet little boy of 10 who is suddenly transplanted from a quiet, shut away world of music (he plays the violin) in the mountains with only his father for company, to the hustle and bustle of a normal small town. He is a boy filled with love of music and love of people. Yes, he has a good sweet heart and it comes through in this novel. Kind of like Pollyanna, it is a story of how he brings his own...

Pollyanna is a novel by American female writer Eleanor H. Porter, published in 1913. The poor pastor\'s daughter, Pollyanna, loses her parents and goes to her aunt\'s house to live. The innocent and unspoiled girl\'s action melts the aunt\'s frozen heart into a single life, finally regaining fire in the house and warming the villagers.
It is a topical film produced in the United States, England, and Japan made of movies, dramas, animations,...

An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.

A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.