Anne of Green Gables: 100 Years of Anne.

Penguin Canada published this gift edition of the beloved and enduring Anne of Green Gables in 2008, just in time for the centennial anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables in 1908. Anne of Green Gables is about Anne, a young orphan, who is adopted by the elderly spinster Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew, who live on a farm in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. Despite initially not wanting Anne, since they had asked for a boy, Marilla and Matthew quickly grow to love her. Being filled with imagination, Anne finds herself in numerous humourous and sometimes not-so-humourous situations as she grows from a pre-teen to a young woman graduating from teachers’ college.

Despite being 100 years old, Anne of Green of Gables remains a classic and is not one bit dated. Children and teens reading it today will also be amused by the scraps that Anne finds herself in, from climbing a roof on a bet to accidently getting her best friend, Diana, drunk, and at one point being saved by her enemy Gilbert Blyth after almost drowning. This version is a lovely green hardcover edition with the image from the first edition on the cover. Eight black and white reproduced illustrations are included, as well as a short introduction by Kate Macdonald Butler and David Macdonald—two of Montgomery’s grandchildren. Highly recommended.