And no, I am NOT in any way implying that Kallie George has portrayed her adapted Anne Shirley erroneously, simply that the author has chosen to leave out so much of L.M. Montgomery's wonderful Anne of Green Gables but also an outline which (at least in my humble opinion) does not even remotely come close to presenting and showing Anne Shirley as she is featured and depicted in the original. Sorry, but with Kallie George's Anne Arrives, it certainly to and for me rather strongly feels as though I am reading not only a mere outline of L.M. Many thanks for the ARC provided by Penguin Random House Canada / Tundra Books I loved this, and will be buying this for my favourite three-year-old, and the rest of this series as they become available. The illustrations by Abigail Halpin are charming, and the chapters are short enough to keep even young readers attention. When a neighbor comes calling, and comments on Anne’s red hair in a less than kind manner, Anne learns a valuable lesson about apologizing, and being kind. He returns to the farm with Anne and Marilla’s irritation over the mix-up, they need a hard worker, after all, but Anne is determined to win her over and prove she can do – and probably better.

Matthew arrives at the train station, the very chatty Anne-with-an-e is there to greet him instead of the boy they had requested. If you’ve seen the Netflix series show “Anne with an E” it doesn’t include everything in the first episode, but covers it, leaving out minor details.Īnne goes to live with the Cuthberts, Marilla and Matthew, a couple who find themselves in need of more help on the farm, and have made plans to adopt a boy. A wonderful and beautifully illustrated adaptation of Anne of Green Gables aimed at early readers, this book covers the first few chapters.

Anne Arrives by Kallie George