With each turn of the corner inside this clapboard farmhouse, the wallpaper and family portraits, trinkets, and teacups bring pages of Alcott’s breakthrough novel to life; simultaneously, they tell of the woman behind the prose. Heartache and hardship were indeed part of her life’s narrative, yet she poured out her contemplations with imagination, pen, and paper.
I have had the joy of touring Orchard House twice, each time delighting in my visit and the gift shop! How I wish young readers could be more enticed to read Little Women. It is no longer in school curriculums, so I used to tease my students by showing a bit of the movie the day we released for Christmas holidays. Each year several would then read it over the holidays. I’m looking forward to discover the other selections you have planned for your readers.