Book Thoughts: Pollyanna (Porter)

• simply delightful read-aloud!
• follows the life of an 11-year-old girl who charms everyone she meets
• wholesome with a good dose of humor
• very clean language
  exceptions: x1 honest injun, x2 gorry, x1 black Tilly (referring, kindly, to an employee of a facility Pollyanna was at
  “lover” is mentioned several times, but it’s an appropriate relationship
• without sounding preachy, it teaches readers how to find the silver lining in any situation

Type: chapter book
Ages: 7-12
Author: Eleanor H. Porter

Being in so many books lately, I haven’t been able to read this aloud to my kids as I wished to! Fortunately, we found it on Hoopla and enjoyed it over lunches for quite a while!

If the old adage, “The book was better” means anything to you, I can’t exaggerate it enough. Disney, of course, romanticizes *everything* and their Pollyanna is not nearly as sweet as in the book. There’s even brief nudity (an older child’s bare bum)!

But this isn’t a review of the movie. 🙂 Just don’t judge the book by it! We loved Pollyanna. 🥰

Have you ever read or watched this?