"Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 5" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of warm-hearted stories for young readers from long ago. These stories center on adventure, friendship, and tough situations that kids face. One story tells of a boy named Jimmy, who wants to be a sailor to earn money for his sick sister, Kitty. Jimmy is feeling down because he needs to take care of Kitty and his family is poor. He thinks about running away to work on a ship, but his friend Willy tells him about a kids' show called "Pinafore" that pays the actors. This gives Jimmy hope and starts a fun adventure filled with music and friendship, showing how being determined and having good friends can make things better even when things are hard.
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc.
By Louisa May Alcott
A young boy's dreams of becoming a sailor to help his sick sister take an unexpected turn when he discovers a local children's theatre production.
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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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