Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, by Alcott, Louisa May - 1929

Blurb, 2019. Hardcover. New. 132 pages. 9.29x6.26x0.55 inches.

MP3 Audio CD. Aunt Jo's Scrapbag MY BOYS. Feeling that I have been unusually fortunate in my knowledge of a choice and pleasing variety of this least appreciated portion of the human race, I have a fancy to record some of my experiences, hoping that it may awaken an interest in other minds, and cause other people to cultivate the delightful, but too often neglected boys, who now run to waste, so to speak. I have often wondered what they thought of the peculiar treatment they receive, even at the hands of their nearest friends. While they are rosy, roly-poly little fellows they are petted and praised, adorned and adored, till it is a miracle that they are not utterly ruined. But the moment they outgrow their babyhood their trials begin, and they are regarded as nuisances till they are twenty-one, when they are again received into favor. Yet that very time of neglect is the period when they most need all manner of helps, and ought to have them. I like boys and oysters raw; so, though good manners… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Aunt Jo?s Scrapbag includes short stories such as My Boys, who were neglected and whose lives were not that good; Buzz, a story of a fly befriending a sad child; The Children?s Joke, a story where children making jokes out of their serious family; Dandelion, a story about a fisherman?s son named Dandelion and they live so happily; Tilly?s Christmas, children anticipating for Christmas so they could finally receive some gifts; Our Little Newsboy, a little boy was frozen one stormy night and a family took care of him; and other kiddy stories they will surely enjoy with their family. Aunt Jo?s Scrapbag is a collection of short stories which consists of six series short stories. The short story was written by an acclaimed American novelist and poet, Louisa May Alcott (1832 ? 1888). She was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S. She started writing when her family were financially incapable of supplying their needs. She worked in her younger years as a teacher, seamstress, babysitter, house… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Aunt Jo?s Scrapbag includes short stories such as My Boys, who were neglected and whose lives were not that good; Buzz, a story of a fly befriending a sad child; The Children?s Joke, a story where children making jokes out of their serious family; Dandelion, a story about a fisherman?s son named Dandelion and they live so happily; Tilly?s Christmas, children anticipating for Christmas so they could finally receive some gifts; Our Little Newsboy, a little boy was frozen one stormy night and a family took care of him; and other kiddy stories they will surely enjoy with their family. Aunt Jo?s Scrapbag is a collection of short stories which consists of six series short stories. The short story was written by an acclaimed American novelist and poet, Louisa May Alcott (1832 ? 1888). She was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S. She started writing when her family were financially incapable of supplying their needs. She worked in her younger years as a teacher, seamstress, babysitter, house… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Aunt Jo's Scrapbag MY BOYS. Feeling that I have been unusually fortunate in my knowledge of a choice and pleasing variety of this least appreciated portion of the human race, I have a fancy to record some of my experiences, hoping that it may awaken an interest in other minds, and cause other people to cultivate the delightful, but too often neglected boys, who now run to waste, so to speak. I have often wondered what they thought of the peculiar treatment they receive, even at the hands of their nearest friends. While they are rosy, roly-poly little fellows they are petted and praised, adorned and adored, till it is a miracle that they are not utterly ruined. But the moment they outgrow their babyhood their trials begin, and they are regarded as nuisances till they are twenty-one, when they are again received into favor. Yet that very time of neglect is the period when they most need all manner of helps, and ought to have them. I like boys and oysters raw; so, though good manners… Read More

Blurb, 2019. Paperback. New. 120 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.28 inches.

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Shelley Press, 2010. Paperback. New. 278 pages. 8.60x5.50x0.80 inches.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872. First edition. Illus. 215pp. 16mo. Blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Owner's contemporary ink name on second front flyleaf: "Lizzie H. Parrott." Spine is slightly askew, cloth is lightly frayed at tips of spine, tip of one corner bumped, with light wear to cloth, one page of text is creased at lower edge, else a very good copy. First edition. Illus. 215pp. 16mo. BAL 168; issued as the first volume in the 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag' series