Anne of Green Gables" is the classic children's book by L M Montgomery. Marilla & Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables
- but a skinny red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty & full of spirit Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination & constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without 'their' Anne
- & for the people of Avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town. L. M. Montgomery was born in Clifton Prince Edward Island in 1874. A prolific writer she published many short stories poems & novels but she is best known for Anne of Green Gables & its sequels inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Isl&. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 & was buried in Cavendish on her beloved isl&. Other books by L. M. Montgomery: " Anne of Green Gables"; " Anne of Avonlea"; " Anne of the Island"; " Anne of Windy Poplars"; " Anne's House of Dreams"; " Anne of Ingleside"; " Rainbow Valley"; " Rilla of Ingleside"; " Emily of New Moon"; " Emily Climbs"; " Emily's Quest"; " Pat of Silver Bush"; " Mistress Pat"; " The Story Girl"; " The Golden Road"; " Kilmeny of the Orchard"; " The Blue Castle"; " Magic for Marigold"; "A Tangled Web"; & " Jane of Lantern Hill"."