Louisa May Alcott's lively and heartwarming stories are favorites with young readers everywhere. A Garland for Girls will be especially welcomed by those who read and treasure all of the famous books by this great American author.

Using real life boys and girls as the characters in her fascinating chronicles, Miss Alcott has written a series of delightful stories, filled with sunshine and encouragement. Her interesting plots, surprise endings, and understanding of people make fascinating reading from cover to cover.

Rich girls, poor girls, haughty girls, timid girls, clever girls and silly girls-all the sorts of girls who make a world-float through these pages, and before you have finished you will feel that you have known each one, almost as well as your own best friends.

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Educated by her father until she was sixteen, she later studied under Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Theodore Parker. A prolific writer, her most famous work, Little Women, is a timeless American classic.