<p><strong>From the same author of the children's classic <em>Anne of Green Gables</em>, Emily Starr is a spirited and imaginative young girl whose life is filled with wonder and the challenges of growing up with dreams of becoming a writer.</strong></p>
<p>After the death of her father, young Emily is sent to live with her strict Aunt Elizabeth, gentle Aunt Laura, and eccentric cousin Jimmy at New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island. Despite the initial hardships and the stark contrast to her previous life, Emily's fierce spirit and vivid imagination help her adapt to her new surroundings. As she settles in, she finds solace in writing, pouring her heart into her journal and crafting stories that reflect her innermost thoughts and dreams.</p>
<p>First published in 1923, <em>Emily of New Moon</em> opens one of Montgomery's most cherished trilogies. This Read & Co. Children's edition is a beautiful keepsake to read aloud, return to, and gift to any young readers who loved Montgomery's <em>Anne</em> – the first of three volumes of the Emily Starr Series made to be collected and kept for a lifetime.</p>
L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author whose fiction drew on the landscape of her native Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), has sold more than fifty million copies and been translated into thirty-six languages. Throughout her life, she wrote more than twenty novels across several beloved series – the further Anne books, the Emily of New Moon trilogy, the Story Girl books, and the Pat of Silver Bush novels – as well as standalones such as Jane of Lantern Hill. Her work remains among the best-loved in classic children's literature.