Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Henry James called her "The novelist of children... the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom." Content: A Christmas Dream The Candy Country Naughty Jocko The Skipping Shoes Cockyloo Rosy's Journey How They Ran Away The Fairy Box A Hole in The Wall The Piggy Girl The Three Frogs Baa! Baa! The Frost King and How The Fairies Conquered Him Lilybell and Thistledown Ripple, the Water Sprite Eva's Visit to Fairyland Sunshine, and Her Brothers and Sisters The Fairy Spring Queen Aster The Brownie and the Princess Mermaids Little Bud The Flower's Story Recollections of My Childhood A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came The Silver Party The Blind Lark Music and Macaroni The Little Red Purse Sophie's Secret Dolly's Bedstead Trudel's Siege "All of these stories were told to my little niece during our quiet hour before bedtime. They became such favorites with her and her friends that I wrote them down in several small blue books, and called them LULU'S LIBRARY. Having nothing else to offer this year, I have collected them in one volume as a Christmas gift to my boys and girls from their old friend." - L. M. Alcott