Contributors:
Martin, George Madden (author); Hinton, Charles Louis (illustrator)
Original publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap
Original publication date:
1901
Language:
en
Rights:
Public domain (U.S.)
Keywords:
childhood fiction
classic short story
coming of age
early education
emotional growth
gentle romance
innocence
literary fiction
schoolroom story
vintage school life
Description
Follow Emmy Lou from bewildered first-grader to confident young woman in this tender chronicle of childhood's small heartbreaks and quiet triumphs, set in a long-ago schoolroom where kindness matters more than being first.