Retrieve Annes Kindred Spirits: Inspired By Anne Of Green Gables Edited By Kallie George Displayed In Manuscript

followup to the the author's lovely Anne Arrives:

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The series introduces young readers to the Anne of Green Gables and her world, a story of that world told in very condensed chapter book fashion.
The idea is to encourage them to read the actual books, but also maybe to accompany a parent/teacher/librarian reading, Lovely art, briefly captures the vivacity of Anne, So good. I want MORE.
Last August I read the first book in this series, Anne Arrives, a beautifully illustrated adaptation of Anne of Green Gables aimed at early readers.


I have checked periodically to see if the second book was available, and I was fortunate to be given a copy.


As in the first book, there is a valuable lesson learned, perhaps by more than one person, Anne continues to be her spirited self, while at the same time she is nervous about meeting Diana, She wants to make a good impression because she is sure they will be the best of friends, her ”kindred spirit,” making her Annes first real friend in this new place.
Anne is even more excited when she finds out that there will be a picnic, and best of all Dianas mother says she “reads too much.
” Clearly, they are two friends whom destiny has brought together,

With vivid, colourful and charming illustrations, this was an absolute delight to read,



Pub Date:May


Many thanks for the ARC provided by Penguin Random House Canada / Tundra Books



This very easy to read book was beautifully illustrated.
It captured the the true character of Anne, Love this series so much! Read with my daughters, and its such a wonderful introduction to Anne Shirley, This tells the story of Anne meeting her bosom friend, Diana Barry, and the story of when Marilla lost her brooch and Anne confessed so she could go to the picnic.
Loved this picture book introducing Annes friendship with her bosom buddy, Diana, Beautiful illustrations. Juvenile fiction adaptation of the event in sitelinkAnne of Green Gables where Marilla accuses Anne of losing Marilla's amethyst brooch, thus preventing Anne from attending a picnic with her new friend, Diana.
This is the second in the adaption series by sitelinkKallie George, giving a slightly younger set of readers a small, illustrated taste of the classic sitelinkAnne of Green Gables.
Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada and Tundra Books for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review

The second chapter in a early reader's series, this story focuses on L.
M. Montgomery's memorable Canadian orphan, Anne Shirley and her beginning friendship with Diana Barry, the Sunday school picnic, and the incident with Marilla's amtheyst brooch.
An illustrated book, young readers will no doubt be attracted to the friendly vocabulary and colourful pictures,

Since Anne of Green Gables is the book that made me a reader, I love that the beloved story continues to capture a new generation of readers.
A nice keepsake for Anne fans old and new,


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Publication DateFirst sentence: The day dawned bright and cheery at Green Gables,

Premise/plot: Anne Shirley is staying at Green Gables, Her dreams are starting to come true, But will she find a bosom friend Will she find a best, best friend and kindred spirit Perhaps, Okay, she does! Her name is Diana, But life still has its hiccups, Marilla misplaces a broocha family heirloomand blames Anne, Anne confesses to the crime so that she can go to the Sunday school picnic, But will Marilla let a “naughty” girl go In this one, the two must learn how to communicate better!

My thoughts: I love the original novel.
I do. Ive read it dozens of times, I know all the twists and turns, I love all the twists and turns, I appreciate the adaptation. It is a gentle adaptation that is faithful to the original at least in spirit, It presents a few episodes at a time, and illustrates them perfectly, I love, love, love the illustrations!!!

The original novel may not hold the attention of many young readers as a read aloud.
The chapters may prove too long for their attention span, The language may be a little too descriptive and flowery, But this adaptation shares the heart and soul substance of the original with a new audience, Little ones can grow into Montgomerys original text, I was so happy to see this follow up to sitelinkAnne Arrives: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables, Much like the first book in this series, only one small part of Anne's story is told in an abridged manner, Each twopage spread has some story on one side and a lovely illustration on the other,

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These books are a wonderful way to introduce very young children to the wonderful world of Anne of Green Gables.
Perfect as a stepping stone between picture books and chapter books, this book would be wonderful to read together,

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Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me with a DRC of this book.
I love the current trend to bring beloved classics to a new, younger audience, This abridged series is modified from Anne of Green Gables into an lovely easyreader series of books, The second installment of Anne's story was just released, In this book, join Anne as she anticipates puffed sleeves, ice cream and a bosom buddy of her very own, Of course, Anne wouldn't be Anne without a few mishaps along the way, With charming illustrations, and a well done adaptation to a story we all know and love, there is a lot of joy to come from these beautiful books.
Como el anterior, es una belleza de edición con solo pequeños fragmentos y diálogos del libro original, con unas ilustraciones hermosas.


La historia es adorable y vemos a esta tierna e imaginativa Ana teniendo su primera amiga en la vida,

Ojalá también adapten los siguientes libros, I'm loving this series more and more with each new book, George has perfectly captured the spirit of L, M. Montgomery's style in this adaptation for younger readers, Anne of Green Gables is a classic book, well loved, And while I usually prefer to read the original, I must say these snipping up of the story into bitesized stories for younger readers is just fine as well.
This manages to give a taste of the missing broach story as well of the story of how she met her bosom friend.


The illustrations are delightful, And the endpapers are done in old fashioned wall paper,





So if the series continues like this, a young reader could get the whole story in a series of books.


And I think this was a good idea to adopt this story, because it shows how misunderstandings happen, How Marilla wanted Anne to confess to something she didn't do, but the only way out was to confess to something that she didn't do.


I'm hoping that readers will read the original when they grow older, too,

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review, Ugly illustrations and watereddown text that captures nothing of the beauty of Montgomery's writing, No one needs such a thing and exposing children to this before they are prepared for the real thing can only be detrimental.
This is very cute. I read the original Anne of Green Gables back when I was around eight, and one thing I remember was getting bogged down by some of the vocabulary.
If these books had been around back then, they might have been a better option until I was old enough to read Montgomery's novels without needing to look so much up in the dictionary!

This particular story tells the tale of the missing amethyst brooch and Anne's "confession".
The author manages to capture the personalities and spirit of the characters quite well, And the illustrations add some more interest, Anne looks just like one would imagine: fiery red hair, lack of puffed sleeves, and freckles galore,

This is a strong early chapter book, I haven't had a chance to read the first one in the series yet, but as I was already familiar with the characters and the story, I didn't really need to.
Still, if this is your first introduction to Anne, you'll probably want to read the books in order,

Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books NY for providing a digital ARC, After having absolutely and utterly despised the first of Kallie George's based on L, M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables chapter books, after totally hating Anne Arrives with every fibre of my being, I do have to admit that the second instalment of the series, that Anne's Kindred Spirits definitely is just a wee bit better and as such also somewhat more readable than Anne Arrives.
However, saying that Anne's Kindred Spirits has been to and for me a marginally better reading experience than the first book, than Anne Arrives, really does not mean all that much either.
For truth be told, I still have not really all that much found Anne's Kindred Spirits enjoyable and certainly not in any manner engaging and delightful, with Kallie George's adapted text from L.
M. Montgomery's timeless classic, of course still not in any manner having even remotely enough narrational substance to it and still showing not only Anne Shirley, but basically all of the featured and presented characters as thin as paper dolls cardboard cutouts with nothing to them except and indeed that they are seriously lacking in nuance and development.
And although in the "amethyst brooch" episode, the author at least makes a few references to Anne's imagination and that her forced "confession" to Marilla is so believable because Anne is indeed imaginative enough to think of and perform a very believable confessionary act, even there, in my opinion, Kallie George basically just very quickly and lightly scratches the surface so to speak, so that at best with Anne's Kindred Spirits we are once again given mere outlines of what L.
M. Montgomery's characters are supposed to be like, but nothing more and yes indeed and truthfully, actually considerably less,

Combined with the fact that I aesthetically also do consider Abigail Halpin's accompanying artwork as often rather visually ugly the artificially red cheeks seem to look more like scratch marks and bruises to and for my eyes,

Diana Barry is depicted, is visually rendered by Halpin as not just plump but basically totally squarely obese and Marilla, well, she continues to look mostly like a gaunt and witchlike creature to me, I still really cannot and will not consider more than one star for Anne's Kindred Spirits, a higher one star ranking than Anne Arrives of course, but no, not yet two by any stretch of the imagination for to top it all off, just like with Anne Arrives, in Anne's Kindred Spirits, author Kallie George once again and sadly, frustratingly obviously does not feel the need to pay homage to L.
M. Montgomery, to actually honour the original author of Anne of Green Gables, for while yes indeed, it is mentioned that Anne's Kindred Spirits is based on and inspired by Anne of Green Gables L.
M. Montgomery's name is never once actually pointed out, which I for one totally and absolutely cannot accept and also do find majorly insulting to both Montgomery's memory and to her oeuvre.
What a sweet book! As a huge lifelong fan of Anne of Green Gables, I really enjoyed this, The art is adorable, and the story is laid out in such age appropriate language that modern kids ofwho might struggle with the original text can still enjoy such a timeless, classic Anne story.
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