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Title: Spinning-Wheel Stories
Note: Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: Grandma's story -- Tabby's table-cloth -- Eli's education -- Onawandah -- Little things -- The banner of Beaumanoir -- Jerseys; or, The girl's ghost -- The little house in the garden -- Daisy's jewel-box, and how she filled it -- Corny's catamount -- The cooking-class -- The hare and the tortoise.
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Summary: "Spinning-Wheel Stories" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of children's stories written in the late 19th century. The book is framed around family gatherings where the characters, mainly siblings visiting their grandmother, engage in various adventures triggered by their imagination and the stories told by their grandmother. The opening sets a cozy, winter scene full of familial warmth, hinting at themes of nostalgia, storytelling, and the importance of heritage. The beginning of the collection introduces the characters Geoff, Mary, Minnie, and others as they navigate a stormy Christmas vacation indoors. Frustrated by the weather, the siblings find joy in rummaging through their grandmother's attic, eventually discovering a spinning wheel that inspires a connection to their grandmother's past. This leads to a promise of storytelling, with the grandmother about to share her own tale about love, family, and bravery that intertwines their personal history with broader themes of resilience during historical events. The atmosphere combines childlike curiosity with the rich traditions of oral storytelling, setting the stage for captivating tales woven with lessons from both life and history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
EBook No.: 36221
Published: May 26, 2011
Downloads: 238
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Children's stories
Subject: Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Spinning-Wheel Stories
Note: Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: Grandma's story -- Tabby's table-cloth -- Eli's education -- Onawandah -- Little things -- The banner of Beaumanoir -- Jerseys; or, The girl's ghost -- The little house in the garden -- Daisy's jewel-box, and how she filled it -- Corny's catamount -- The cooking-class -- The hare and the tortoise.
Credits:
Produced by Heather Clark, Julia Neufeld and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Spinning-Wheel Stories" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of children's stories written in the late 19th century. The book is framed around family gatherings where the characters, mainly siblings visiting their grandmother, engage in various adventures triggered by their imagination and the stories told by their grandmother. The opening sets a cozy, winter scene full of familial warmth, hinting at themes of nostalgia, storytelling, and the importance of heritage. The beginning of the collection introduces the characters Geoff, Mary, Minnie, and others as they navigate a stormy Christmas vacation indoors. Frustrated by the weather, the siblings find joy in rummaging through their grandmother's attic, eventually discovering a spinning wheel that inspires a connection to their grandmother's past. This leads to a promise of storytelling, with the grandmother about to share her own tale about love, family, and bravery that intertwines their personal history with broader themes of resilience during historical events. The atmosphere combines childlike curiosity with the rich traditions of oral storytelling, setting the stage for captivating tales woven with lessons from both life and history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
EBook No.: 36221
Published: May 26, 2011
Downloads: 238
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Children's stories
Subject: Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.