Set preferences and get age appropriate recommendations with common sense media plus. Anne of green gables is a 1908 novel by canadian author lucy maud montgomery l. Anne admires diana for being pretty with black hair and flawless complexion and for her amiable disposition. Anne does accidentally get her best friend drunk in one scene, but its due to an honest mixup, and there are consequences. Anne and diana become best friends from the moment they meet. Diana lacks anne s vivid imagination but is a loyal friend. The music is age appropriate, pleasing and fairly easy to learn, but the show itself is not well known, so the songs wont be overdone unlike most audition material for this age group. If i enjoy a book, thats enough, i dont go thinking whether its age appropriate unless its something for really young audiences, in which cases i just dont enjoy it because theres not much to offer there. What do you is think is the optimum age for first reading anne of green. Fans of anne of green gables are a passionate bunch, for whom all it takes is a sweeping glory shot of prince edward island and the words gilbert blythe.
In fact, they became stronger anne fans than my daughter, going on to read more books in the series. The series of books is a comingofage story about a young orphan. While i love, and continue to love, the original anne of green gables the. Set preferences and get ageappropriate recommendations with common sense media plus.
Written for all ages, it has been considered a childrens novel since the midtwentieth century. I thought this would not be the case with anne of green gables so. So the question for a catholic parent is not if to give your daughter a copy of the anne books but when is the most appropriate age. Wondering if anne of green gables is ok for your kid. For ages 8 and up award essential classics hardcover january 25, 20. Anne titled anne with an e on netflixfinished airing in canada the other week and will be hitting netflix on friday, may 12, 2017. The granddaughter of lucy maud montgomery has revealed a long and closely held family secret about how the author of anne of green gables died. Scotia to live with a middleaged brother and sister, matthew and marilla, at their farm, green gables. Anne of green gables is a 1908 novel by canadian author lucy maud montgomery published as l. Anne of green gables by lucy maud montgomery free at.
A friend said it best when she told me theres always a anne book for every stage. If you or your daughter read anne of green gables, what age were you. How to introduce your kids to anne of green gables simple. Margaret atwood salutes a childhood classic, anne of green. She is the only girl of anne s age who lives close to green gables. Review of the anne of green gables series good books for. I read it when i was ten and honestly was so bloody bored i had no idea what was going on. Parents need to know that anne of green gables is generally very faithful adaptation of l. Many readers dont get further than the first book, which, in keeping with the age of the heroine, is quite childish. Anne of green gables was first published in 1908, a year before my mother was born, so when i first grinned and snivelled my way through it at the age of eight, it was a youthful 40. Anne of green gables is an excellent source for audition songs for boys and girls ages 12 16.
Shes a good reader, but she tried to read the book and said it was too difficult. Megan follows stars as yearold anne shirley, an orphan girl sent to. A comingof age novel, anne of green gables focuses on anne s new life at green gables farm in avonlea and her adjustment into the prince edward island community. What age is good to read the book anne of green gables. Montgomery anne of green gables is a 1908 novel by canadian author lucy maud montgomery l. I recommend it to everyone, no matter the gender, age, culture or the kind of series you usually like, youll fall in love with anne, green gables and the people of avanloe. Montgomerys beloved novel about redheaded orphan anne shirley and has hardly any iffy content. The dark side of anne of green gables is not news books the.