This classic early twentieth-century series follows an irrepressibly optimistic orphan girl who goes to live with a cold and wealthy aunt and gradually transforms the emotional lives of almost everyone she meets through her homespun philosophy of finding something to be glad about in every situation. The series is warm, earnest, and character-driven, and gave the English language the word 'Pollyanna' as a term for relentless optimism.
Eleven-year-old orphan Pollyanna comes to live with her stern, wealthy aunt in a New England town and transforms the lives of everyone she meets through her relentless optimism and 'glad game'—finding something to be glad about in every situation. A classic that popularized the concept of positive thinking, though sometimes misunderstood as simplistic.
