aunts

Pollyanna Whittier grows up, travels to Europe, and helps her Aunt Polly after Dr. Chilton's death.

Unwanted and unloved, Pollyanna Whittier comes to her aunt's home without a warm welcome. Pollyanna's irrepressible spirits make punishments seem like treats and her cheerfulness brings happiness to her aunt and other members of the community.

Spending the summer in Florida with her stepfather's sister who operates a "meals-on-wheels" van, twelve-year-old Chlo? and her aunt become involved in a controversy surrounding the wearing of T-back bathing suits.

Melvin's plans for his visit to the big city get put on hold when he arrives to discover his Aunt Rose has their agenda all set.

When Lanie Holland, who loves science and nature, starts a wild flower garden to attract butterflies, it brings her into conflict with a neighbor who calls it a "weed garden" that should be replaced and uses pesticides in her own garden.

Lanie Holland loves science and nature, and so she wants to go camping and have adventures in the wilderness, while her family wants to stay home, but Lanie finds someone else who loves the outdoors when her Aunt Hannah visits.

An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.

An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

Thirteen-year-old Joey is sent to spend the Christmas holidays with his Aunt Corinne in Newfoundland after his mother is hospitalized with a broken leg, but as soon as he arrives Joey realizes that something is very wrong with his aunt--more than just grief over the recent loss of her husband.

Jessi, who feels that she is old enough to take care of herself, is humiliated when strict and bossy Aunt Cecelia moves in to control her life and interfere with the Baby-sitters Club.