Nellie's Housekeeping : Little Sunbeams Series

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe), 1849-1901.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Nellie's Housekeeping" by Joanna H. Mathews is a children's fiction book written in the late 19th century. This charming story centers around the character of Nellie Ransom, a thoughtful and diligent young girl who is grappling with her responsibilities at home while also trying to achieve academic success during her summer break. The narrative explores themes of kindness, the importance of family, and the balance between work and play. The opening of the book introduces us to Nellie, who is initially absorbed in her writing and studies, focused on finding Bible texts. However, Nellie's interactions with her younger sister, Carrie, reveal her growing irritability, which she attributes to feeling overwhelmed by her self-imposed academic burdens. As she struggles with feelings of being cross and unkind, Nellie grapples with her desire to improve herself while recognizing the impact of her choices on her family's dynamics. Through her mother's gentle guidance, Nellie begins to understand the importance of balancing her studies with being a caring and attentive sister. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Hard at work

A talk with papa

Nellie a housekeeper

A courtship

White mice

The gray mice

The black cat

Daisy's sacrifice

Making ginger-cakes

Fresh troubles

A night of it

An alarm

Last of the sunbeams.

Credits:

Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2014-05-25