West Routt Library District

For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."

A biography of an early American writer, whose own life was reflected in her famous novels, such as "Little Women" and "Little Men."

The beloved author begins a love affair that would threaten her writing career--and inspire the story of Jo and Laurie in "Little Women."

"Louisa May Alcott" portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her legendary character Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott's life: the effect of her father's self-indulgent utopian schemes, her family's chronic economic difficulties and frequent uprootings, her experience as a nurse in the Civil War, the loss of her health and, sadly, her reliance on opiates in middle age. Stories and details culled from Alcott's journals,...

This is a compelling story avout Louisa May Alcott and her family.

Louisa Moo Alcott stands out among the herd. While others are lazing around and grazing on grass, Louisa is busy writing, creating, and publishing best-selling books. She is, indeed, a talented, unique, and famous cow loved deeply by her fellow animals.Through her writing, Louisa helps the cows see other worlds and learn new things. She shows how reading is so important and opens their eyes without leaving their chair.A rhyming picture book for children,...

In nineteenth-century Concord, Massachusetts, seven-year-old Louisa May Alcott joins other local children on the varied excursions led by teacher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, and is inspired to write her first poem.