"Spinning-Wheel Stories" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of children's winter stories that explores the warmth of family connections and the power of storytelling. Inside a cozy home, siblings Geoff, Mary, and Minnie, and others find themselves stuck indoors during a stormy Christmas vacation. Their boredom turns to excitement when they uncover a spinning wheel in their grandmother's attic, sparking a connection to their family's past. As the grandmother promises to share tales of love, family, and bravery woven with the threads of their personal history and events of the past, the stage is set for a series of captivating adventures, showing the importance of heritage as oral storytelling and family history combine to keep the children engaged.
Spinning-Wheel Stories
By Louisa May Alcott
During a blustery winter vacation, children discover a doorway to family history and thrilling escapades as their grandmother shares remarkable tales inspired by an old treasure.
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About the AuthorLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Encouraged by her family, Louisa began writing from an early age.
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Encouraged by her family, Louisa began writing from an early age.
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