>Who's Your Favorite Little Woman?

by Roger Sutton
Aug 17, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>I used to want to be Amy, but not anymore.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Jane

>Er the kindly professor didn't give Jo the freedom to write genre fiction. He was quite blistering about it, actually. I wonder if she'd continued writing it whether he would have withheld his love.

Pfeh.

Jane

Posted : Aug 23, 2006 08:50

Farah

>Jo.

And later her namesake "Jo" in the Chalet School who was clearly Elinor M. Brent Dyer's homage.

And it must have imprinted because I've dated three professor bears, and married one.

Posted : Aug 23, 2006 05:15

web

>You think the pickled limes are bad, wait til you try blancmange.

Though of course, nothing can compare to the disappointment/horror that is Turkish Delight.

Posted : Aug 22, 2006 10:07

Pooja

>Jo. Just reread the book and it's definitely Jo.

Posted : Aug 22, 2006 08:31

GraceAnne

>Amy. Amy got to go to Europe, and study art, and marry Laurie. I wanted all of those things.

Posted : Aug 22, 2006 07:01

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