Project Gutenberg 2025-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 269 Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 Barnard, A. M. Alcott, Louisa M. (Louisa May) Alcott, L. M. (Louisa May) Pollock, E. Walcott, Jessie McDermott 1857 1907 McDermott, Jessie M'Dermot, Jessie 01020281 Little Button Rose $aBoston :$bLittle, Brown, and Company, $c1887, copyright 1901. Carla Foust, Simon Jones and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Little Button Rose by Louisa May Alcott" is a children’s short story from the late 19th century. It centers on a tender, spirited girl who becomes a peacemaker, mending a neighborhood feud through kindness, courage, and tact. Rosamond—nicknamed Button-Rose—comes to stay with her cousins: gentle Miss Penelope, proud Miss Henrietta, and vain but charming Cicely. Next door lives Mr. Thomas Dover, a widower and former missionary, estranged from the cousins over a petty dispute about a garden gate, hens, and an old summer-house. With fearless warmth, Rosy befriends Mr. Dover (after her cousins’ cat is flung over the wall for killing his chicks), opens a secret “button-hole” gate, ferries cherries and flowers, and gently “missionaries” at home by reading to Miss Penny and winning over Cicely with an amber necklace and a kiss “for a blow.” When Rosy falls ill with scarlet fever, the household unites; Mr. Dover returns, helps guide her through the crisis, and her recovery seals the reconciliation. The story closes with pride and gratitude as the adults finally put aside their stubbornness, their peace earned by the little peacemaker’s love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/littlebuttonrose00alco_0/page/n77/mode/2up 20250409074507alcott 1887 US en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Selfishness -- Juvenile fiction Temper -- Juvenile fiction Sick children -- Juvenile fiction Amusements -- Juvenile fiction Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction Quarreling -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text 110066 2025-11-30T10:09:39.737483 text/html 85017 2025-10-04T03:57:14 text/html 1098066 2025-11-30T10:09:43.554492 application/epub+zip 1096419 2025-11-30T10:09:41.159475 application/epub+zip 345778 2025-11-30T10:09:40.233474 application/epub+zip 1806948 2025-11-30T10:09:45.324439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1793768 2025-11-30T10:09:42.967447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93738 2025-11-30T10:09:39.494989 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73795 2025-10-04T03:57:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18746 2025-11-30T10:09:45.467433 application/rdf+xml 24549 2025-11-30T10:09:40.504464 image/jpeg 3620 2025-11-30T10:09:40.364478 image/jpeg 1870298 2025-11-30T10:09:39.770999 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