Project Gutenberg 2008-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 47 May, Sophie 1833 1906 Clarke, Rebecca Sophia Little Grandmother Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Little Grandmother" by Sophie May is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the early life of Patience Lyman, affectionately known as Patty, who ends up as Grandma Parlin in her later years. The narrative is set in a small New England town during the early 1800s, exploring Patty’s adventures and the values of her family and community, providing readers with heartfelt lessons about childhood, morality, and growth. At the start of the story, the author introduces Grandma Parlin as a newborn, just entering the world during New Year’s Day in 1800. Surrounded by her loving family, particularly her mother, the scene sets the stage for a life filled with joy, challenges, and moral lessons. As we meet various characters, like the nurse Siller and family members, the narrative hints at important historical events, such as the recent death of George Washington, impacting the community’s sentiments. The opening portion establishes the tone and themes of family and societal expectations, indicating that Patty’s journey will be interwoven with historical context, personal growth, and familial love, while providing a glimpse into a simpler yet complex time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Family -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 188251 188258 2024-10-11T05:41:13.004604 2023-09-11T08:52:15.183499 text/html text/html 189217 2021-01-03T15:01:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 442663 2021-01-03T15:01:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 454771 2024-10-11T05:41:17.015115 application/epub+zip 454802 2024-10-11T05:41:13.815647 application/epub+zip 138203 2024-10-11T05:41:13.352622 application/epub+zip 536189 2024-10-11T05:41:19.661125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509618 2024-10-11T05:41:16.595092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193352 2022-09-12T04:31:22.604654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162008 161795 2024-10-11T05:41:12.428628 2023-09-11T08:52:14.709512 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 161861 2021-01-03T15:01:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61649 2021-01-03T15:01:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20243 2024-10-11T05:41:19.791076 application/rdf+xml 31588 2024-10-11T05:41:13.427637 image/jpeg 4194 2024-10-11T05:41:13.390711 image/jpeg 443000 2024-10-11T05:41:13.031684 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia