"The Fairchild Family" by Mary Martha Sherwood is a story that follows the Fairchild children—Lucy, Emily, and Henry—as they navigate their childhood in the countryside. The book opens by showing their daily routines, filled with games, lessons, and values. As the children grow, their lives include a happy birthday adventure alongside the challenges of managing their emotions and learning important morals. Their relationships create a supportive home life that, at the same time, presents ethical problems that help the children grow as people. The story prepares readers for themes dealing with kindness, obedience, desire, and the troubles that are part of maturation.
The Fairchild Family
By Mary Martha Sherwood
Witness the moral development of three young siblings as they learn life’s important lessons in a home filled with love and challenges.
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2009-08-19
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About the AuthorMary Martha Sherwood was a nineteenth-century English children's writer. Of her more than four hundred works, the best known include The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814) and the two series The History of Henry Milner (1822–1837) and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818–1847). Her evangelicalism permeated her early writings, but later works cover common Victorian themes such as domesticity.
Mary Martha Sherwood was a nineteenth-century English children's writer. Of her more than four hundred works, the best known include The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814) and the two series The History of Henry Milner (1822–1837) and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818–1847). Her evangelicalism permeated her early writings, but later works cover common Victorian themes such as domesticity.
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