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May 25 This webmaster's little girl grew up and got
married at her home, Glen Gables, by the Lake of Shining Wetlands. She surprised her mom by including an LM Montgomery
quote from Anne of Avonlea in the wedding program: Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with
pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; ... perhaps
love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, ..."
November 19 Occasional cold, gusty showers drifted over the hills. The world seemed a dreary outlived place, seen through
a grey drizzle.
November 29 "How the home lights shine out tonight through the dark!" said Anne. "That string of them over the harbour looks
like a necklace."
November 30 L.M.
Montgomery was born on this date in 1874, in Clifton, Prince Edward Island. This is also the birthday of Lt. Col. John McCrae,
who wrote "In Flanders Fields," the moving poem of World War I alluded to in Rilla of Ingleside.
Quote for the day from The Anne of Green Gables Treasury of Days
The L.M. Montgomery Literary Society is ready
to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables. See our currently scheduled activities
and recent events on the Literary Society Events page.
The official Prince Edward Island web page for the centennial is:
Anne 2008.
If you are representing an interest in Anne of Green Gables
or L.M. Montgomery for community organizations or at the K-12 education level, read on.
If you are interested in more in-depth resources, see our More About LMM page. We
encourage teachers to use Anne as a read-aloud book for their students this year or use it in Literature Circles. Libraries
may wish to add new titles to their Montgomery collection: 100 Years of Anne - The Books (new from Penguin
Publishing). Please use our LINKS page for many excellent resources on Montgomery and her books!
What is this book all about? Our
own Carolyn Collins and Christina Eriksson's book, Anne of Green Gables Treasury, is a terrific source for students, libraries, and families! Another wonderful resource for libraries and media centers is The Bend In the
Road, an award winning CD rom created by the L.M. Montgomery Institute:
The Bend in Road and
Threads from a Quilt: a Biography of LM Montgomery This is an excellent film, only in video format.
Our members are willing to do presentations and special programs
for groups. We are teachers and readers with interest and expertise in children's literature; we are researchers and writers
and enthusiastic fans. Our members have hundreds of early and first edition
copies of Montgomery's books available for display. We also have several hard to find videos about Montgomery's life. We have
collections of Montgomery related memorabilia (films, theater), and photo albums of sites on Prince Edward Island.
Did you know that Anne of Green Gables was first made into a movie
in 1919 and then again in the 1930s? The actress who played Anne loved her so much she changed her name to Anne Shirley. How
about an old movie night in a local theater? (For more information on Anne movies, see our "Movie" link.)
Wouldn't an Anne of Green Gables Day be a fun event at our local
libraries and historical farms, homes, and orchards? Contact your favorite and ask them to host it!
Attend an L.M. Montgomery international conference -- see our Montgomery
Conferences link for information.
These ideas and many more have been collected by Christy Woster. Contact
her for more suggestions for your organization peisland45@hotmail.com
For teachers (see additional material
at the Anne 2008 website listed on our Links page):
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