Growing up is never easy. But it helps to be one of the four sisters in the March family. They share each other's joys & pain, loves & secrets, although they couldn't be more different. Meg, the oldest, is the sensible one. Jo is funny & mischievous. Beth is the shy, dreamy one, & Amy is pretty & artistic. Follow Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy as they grow from girls to young women, & share the events in their lives that have delighted readers for over a century: Meg's first dance, Amy's punishment in school, the return of their father from the war, Jo's fury with her sisters when her precious diary is burned, the family wedding, Beth's tragic illness, & more. Their story has become one of the most popular books ever written about girls growing up.
What happened to the real :Jo" - Louisa May Alcott? You will find her story in the Newbery Medal book, Invincible Louisa, by Cornelia Meigs, a Scholastic paperback. Orchard House, where the :Little Women: grew up, still stands in Concord, Massachusetts. The furnishings remain unchanged. As a visitor, you will see sketches drawn by Amy/May, writings by Jo/Louisa, & the Alcotts - shared so much.  For the real facts of the Alcotts family closely parallel the story told in this book.
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