Pollyanna's story is not that of a pampered princess, but a lonely orphan. In her young life she has already faced too many sad facts to think that all of her life is happy or easy. When she stops to play what she calls 'the glad game', it is not out of fun. She hopes to find a silver lining in a stormy cloud overhead, a consolation for a hard blow. No one has harder blows to cope with than Pollyanna does, and being cheerful is not easy for her either.
Pollyanna believes that everyone naturally wants to be good, because it's by being good that we are most likely to be happy. So she tries to help others to look for good, especially when things seem only wrong. Her message is familiar: when life is disappointing or even painful, stop and count your blessings. There are still things to be thankful for. The Core Classics offers young readers abridged texts faithful in themes, style and spirit to the original classic stories. Softcover, 227 pages.
