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Susan Coolidge

What Katy Did

What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted.
Two sequels follow Katy as she grows up—What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next. Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—Clover and In the High Valley. Although these were long out of print, they have now been reprinted and are available online.
Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters
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Impressions

    Alina Susana Elekshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    Good book to read for kids

    Aisling Clearyshared an impression7 years ago
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    💞Loved Up

    I've always loved this book to hell and back, but I hadn't read it in years, it was a lovely throw back

Quotes

    b5124102509has quoted2 years ago
    places. It was only a low roof set over a hole in the ground, and, as it stood in the middle of the side-yard, it always seemed to the children that the shortest road to every place was up one of its slopes and down the other. They also liked to mount to the ridge-pole, and then, still keeping the sitting position, to let go, and scrape slowly down over the warm shingles to the ground
    Siwaar Djebbihas quoted2 years ago
    "Were you once little too?" they say, astonished;
    "Did you too play? How funny! tell us how."
    Almost we start, forgetful for a moment;
    Almost we answer, "We are little now!"

    Dear friend and lover, whom to-day we christen,
    Forgive such brief bewilderment,—thy true
    And kindly hand we hold; we own thee fairest.
    But ah! our yesterday was precious too.
    Siwaar Djebbihas quoted2 years ago
    "Were you once little too?" they say, astonished;
    "Did you too play? How funny! tell us how."
    Almost we start, forgetful for a moment;
    Almost we answer, "We are little now!"

    Dear friend and lover, whom to-day we christen,
    Forgive such brief bewilderment,—thy true
    And kindly hand we hold; we own thee fairest.
    But ah! our yesterday was precious too.

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