Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 303 Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 Barnard, A. M. Alcott, Louisa M. (Louisa May) Alcott, L. M. (Louisa May) A Garland for Girls May flowers -- An ivy spray and ladies' slippers -- Pansies -- Water-lilies -- Poppies and wheat -- Little Button-Rose -- Mountain-laurel and maiden-hair. Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "A Garland for Girls" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book centers around the lives of young girls navigating societal expectations, personal aspirations, and the complexities of charity and friendship as they strive to better themselves and the world around them. The opening of "A Garland for Girls" presents a group of six Boston girls who form a club for mental improvement, dubbed the Mayflower Club. As they reconvene after summer, they engage in discussions filled with lively gossip and heartfelt resolutions to help less fortunate individuals in their community. Each girl grapples with her feelings about charity, expressing both enthusiasm and reluctance, while coming up with personal challenges to make a positive impact. The chapter reveals the girls' diverse personalities and sets the stage for their individual journeys toward empowerment and social responsibility, ultimately highlighting the bond of friendship and the transformative power of helping others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories Young women -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Literature Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: American Literature 471485 2025-07-03T05:33:08.532752 text/html 480196 2021-01-27T03:43:23 text/html 239444 2025-07-03T05:33:14.826683 application/epub+zip 245305 2025-07-03T05:33:10.330748 application/epub+zip 245306 2025-07-03T05:33:09.208697 application/epub+zip 424122 2025-07-03T05:33:18.371642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401317 2025-07-03T05:33:14.159691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378337 2022-09-03T09:02:04.995153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413512 2025-07-03T05:33:07.850719 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 413278 2018-03-10T14:14:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 409804 2016-01-10T11:03:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21407 2025-07-03T05:33:18.497644 application/rdf+xml 12914 2025-07-03T05:33:09.711688 image/jpeg 3369 2025-07-03T05:33:09.459717 image/jpeg 160603 2018-03-18T06:23:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 167648 2021-01-27T03:43:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 160134 2016-01-10T11:06:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 234476 2025-07-03T05:33:08.567730 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia