WHAT KATY DID COLLINS — SUSAN COOLIDGE

Yayınevi COLLINS CLASSICS Yazar SUSAN COOLIDGE Dil İNGİLİZCE Sayfa Sayısı 384 SAYFA Yıl 2010

And now Katy it s your turn Tell us what you re going to be when you grow up I m not sure about what I ll be replied Katy beautiful of course and good if I can That s what I d like to be But now I ll tell you what I mean to do Tomboyish Katy Carr is tall gangling and full of mischief Constantly scheming and playing with her brothers and sisters 12 year old Katy dreams that one day she will be beautiful and beloved and amiable as an angel But goodness and obedience don t come easily to Katy who has promised to be a good stand in mother to her younger siblings but finds it difficult to stick to her word When her bedridden cousin Helen comes to stay Katy becomes enchanted with her as the living embodiment of goodness and light On the day Helen leaves Katy devotes herself to be a shining example of Helen s behaviour But quickly the best of intentions go awry and a day of mischief ends in an accident a serious fall from a swing that seems to threaten Katy s grand hopes for the future But by focusing on the good humour and strength she witnessed in Helen Katy eventually learns to overcome her difficulties in the School of Pain and to practice strength patience and hope Originally published in 1872 and often paired with The Secret Garden and Pollyanna What Katy Did is the classic American tale of childhood love hope and doing good

Likened to Louisa May Alcott s Little Women What Katy Did Next is a timeless classic for both children and adults to enjoy The story of Katy Carr the lanky good hearted tomboy who learns to be gentle and patient is continued in this third instalment of Susan Coolidge s popular Katy series When Mrs Ashe a widower discovers that her visiting nephew has scarlet fever she sends her only daughter Amy to stay with the Carr family Amy finds a true friend in Katy Carr and Mrs Ashe invites Katy to join them on a trip to Europe After some initial reluctance she agrees We follow Katy as she is reunited with her old friends from Hillsover including the mischievous Rose Red Browne Katy s journey takes her to rainy England where she finds out what constitutes a fine day for the English and what a Dickens commended muffin tastes like The Carr family from her most popular Katy series was modelled on Coolidge s own family with the protagonist Katy modelled on Coolidge herself