What Katy Did

by Susan Coolidge

Overview

Gangly, quick-tempered Katy always means to be beautiful and beloved and as good as an angel one day, but meanwhile her resolutions somehow get forgotten or go horribly wrong. Until, one terrible day, the swing breaks...but it is still a long, eventful time before Katy learns to be as loving and patient as her beautiful, invalid Cousin Helen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448155286
Publisher:	Random House
Publication date:	08/02/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

About the Author

American author Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835–1905), who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge, is best known for her classic children's novel What Katy Did. Woolsey modeled the fictional Carr family on her own relatives and her heroine, Katy, on her childhood self. The book's popularity upon its 1872 publication led to four sequels.

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What Katy Did

Table of Contents

The Little Carrs
Paradise
The Day of Scrapes
Kikeri
In the Loft
Intimate Friends
Cousin Helen's Visit
Tomorrow
Dismal Days
St. Nicholas and St. Valentine
A New Lesson to Learn
Two Years Afterward
At Last

Editorial Reviews

"Katy Carr wasn't perfect—far from it—but she was perfect for me!"  —Cathy Cassidy, author, Dizzy

"This tale of a boisterous child coming into maturity reads with the same zest and insight as it would have done when it was first published over 130 years ago."  —Guardian

EBOOK COMMENTARY

This is the moral side of the story; but its great charm to the little people will lie in the graphic picture of the life of Katy and her five brothers and sisters, before Katy’s accident took place. Not even Miss Alcott herself could have given more vivid pictures of children’s good times and sad scrapes than are in the first half of this story.”

1873 Century Magazine

Susan Coolidge has always possessed the affection of her young readers, for it seems as if she had the happy instinct of planning stories that each girl would like to act out in reality.”

1899 The Critic

For children of the right age and temperament, Katy’s interior journey will continue to exert the fascination it has held for so many over the last 140 years.”

Guardian (London)

Not even Miss Alcott apprehends child nature with finer sympathy, or pictures its nobler traits with more skill.”

1899 Boston Daily Advertiser

"Katy Carr wasn't perfect—far from it—but she was perfect for me!"  —Cathy Cassidy, author, Dizzy


"This tale of a boisterous child coming into maturity reads with the same zest and insight as it would have done when it was first published over 130 years ago."  —Guardian

From the Publisher

Eloise Oxer's thoughtful delivery is ideal for this 1872 classic about 12-year-old Katy Carr, who dreams of being sweet and beloved but often falls short. When their mother dies, Aunt Izzie, who's often impatient, oversees Dr. Carr, Katy, and her five younger siblings. The contrast between Katy and Aunt Izzie is amusingly dramatized by Oxer, who also skillfully captures the diverse ages and personalities of each child. It's moving to hear the children's exuberance and then the drastic change after Katy is seriously injured. Oxer's standout character is Cousin Helen, who maintains a positive attitude despite a lifetime as an invalid. Her influence on Katy is profound and offers young listeners a fascinating look at life in nineteenth-century America. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2015 - AudioFile