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Aunt Jo's scrap bag, Volume 1

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Louisa May Alcott frames her collection as a gift tucked into a Christmas stocking, gathering stories old and new for her readers. The opening piece, My Boys, argues that boys need sympathy during the years when adults often treat them as nuisances. Childhood recollections give that argument a personal shape, from noisy games in a piano workshop to a friendship damaged by disloyalty. Christopher's patient care offers a different example during a homesick visit away from home.

The farmyard tale Madam Cluck and Her Family gives chickens speech, family ties and feelings. Blot, an overlooked chick, comforts her grieving mother and later helps a kitten find its way home through the snow. Such scenes place kindness beside neglect and loss, rather than keeping childhood stories wholly cheerful.

About the author

Louisa May Alcott

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).