Mary Sebag-Montefiore is an author of children's books and often adapts adult classics for children. She has rewritten everything from David Copperfield, Wuthering Heights and War and Peace. She is associated with Usborne.
I am an absolute sucker for illustrated versions of my favorite classic books...and this was no exception. I really enjoyed the way Sebag-Montefiore portrayed Anne in this story and while some of my favorite parts of the story were cut for time, the overall impression of the book works well.
I don't think this is actually the book I read, but this is what the ISBN pulls up. It's a pretty short picture book of the story; the illustrations are wonderful, but the story is truncated weirdly and doesn't even hit some of the more important parts like Diana and Anne being kept apart and Anne saving Diana's sister's life. It's not a very good abridging IMHO.
Worst retelling imaginable, the entire book is just Anne complaining about her red hair and not one other character is nice to her in fact they are nasty to her about her hair too. Since this book is aimed at very young children it should be banned, shockingly nasty. If your child has red hair they will feel very self conscious and sad after reading this and if not they will be given a message that it's ok to treat someone badly if their hair is red. Soo awful if we replaced red hair with black hair or brown skin then this book never would have made it onto a child's bookshelf. Clearly written by a hateful jealous woman. Long live beautiful red heads!
This is an abridged version of Anne of Green Gables. It shows how a red-head orphan tries her best to fit in. It's in a format for young readers to enjoy the book. Even though it's not the full story, it still is relatable for some students who struggle to fit in, which I very much relate too.