L.M. Montgomery, Deborah Felder, Eliza Gatewood Warren, Margaret Eleanor (AFT) Atwood, Jennifer Lee (AFT) Carroll - Anne of Green Gables: Coloring Book

Pros: amusing, well-developed characters; fun story; evocative Canadian country setting
Cons: this edition with the original black and white illustrations not in database; strange language sometimes

You've all heard the saying that children should be seen and not heard. Luckily for us, though, author Lucy Maud Montgomery doesn't take any notion to it and has created one of the most beloved child characters you will chance to meet in a book. The...

Pros: wonderful language and characters
Cons: not enough Gilbert

Five years ago, when I was a freshman in college wrapping up my nerve-wracking first semester, I read the Chronicles of Narnia. I’d already read the first two and a half, but I felt I really should delve into them again in order to properly ...

Pros: Eloquent, truly imaginative, and replete with moral teaching.
Cons: Perhaps too imaginative, irreverent in places, somewhat abruptly written.

AN EXERCISE IN THE IMAGINATIVE They shouldn't call that lovely place the Avenue. There is no meaning in a name like that. They should call it--let me see--the White Way of Delight. Isn't that a nice imaginative name?” Indeed, it is! ...

Pros: Transcendent, beautiful, wholesomeness without holiness
Cons: Can be difficult to convince today's teens to give it a chance

I first read Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1979, when I was in the seventh grade at Brink Middle School in Moore, Oklahoma. My mother taught sixth grade at another school nearby, and I often would catch the bus at my...

Pros: Warm and loving story
Cons: None

Not since "Pollyanna" has there been such a moving and sweet story. "Anne of Green Gables" is about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley, who comes to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who are an elderly brother and sister who never have married. Marilla...

Pros: Light and easy to read, clever adventures, a peek into another world
Cons: none

One evening during an extremely stressful couple of weeks at work recently, I pulled Anne of Green Gables off the shelf and began to read it. I had not read this book since I’d been a teenager, and I found myself lost in and soothed by the past...

Pros: A wonderful story for people of all ages
Cons: Absolutely none

My first introduction to Anne Shirley was back in 1988. My mom quite literally forced me to watch the movie "Anne of Green Gables" when it came on PBS one Sunday afternoon. I was enraptured! I instantly fell in love with the characters, the story, and...

Pros: beautiful written expression
Cons: a bit long for some young readers

Anne Shirley has staying power. Why? Because Anne Shirley contains a bit of us all.. whether it is her poetic speech, her enthusiasm for life, or her appreciation for things of beauty.

In Anne of Green Gables, written by L.M. Montgomery,...

Pros: good characters, lovely scenery, clever, fun to read, you can get lost in the words
Cons: none

I first read "Anne of Green Gables" when I was in the fifth grade. I don't remember now who gave it to me, but ever since that day that I sat under my own apple tree and read the whole book through in one afternoon I have never stopped reading it. I...

Pros: Engaging, terrific characters, lots of books in the series
Cons: Some may find it Old Fashion and dated.

I first literally stumbled over "Anne of Green Gables", the bookstore was rather crowded and I was a gawky 14. I remembered hearing it was a children's classic, so I bought it.

The book tells the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who...

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Oh my God, I LOVED this book! (Actually - I still love it!)

I was first reading this book when I was 10 or 11.
I loved it from the first moment on! It's so lovely, the story of that poor red-headed orphan girl Anne who never had a real...

Pros: picturesque writing, very humorous, beautifully written, excellent plot
Cons: none

Technically, I suppose this is a children's book. But, for me, there's way more to it than that.

Arguably, I'm not the target audience of a kids book. But, what I love about this book is that it soothes me. The writer, Lucy Maude Montgomery...

Pros: beautiful, touching, funny
Cons: none!

Anne of Green Gables, as well as the other books in the Anne series, have been favorites of mine since I was a little girl. The stories never grow old and I read the series at least once a year!

The story is about an 11 year old orphan girl,...

Pros: Funny story with diverse characters
Cons: May have a more advanced vocabulary than most children are used to reading

Anne of Green Gables, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is a delightful story of a young girl in Canada around the turn of the century.. Anne constantly finds herself in "scrapes" where she has to find an imaginative way of escape. The book even...

Pros: All in all... a great book!
Cons: none I can see.

Anne of Green Gables is a favorite on our house...as are the rest of the series. I believe it's a wonderful book for the children and it's a nice escape for them...back into a different era of time.

My daughter loves reading the Anne books and...