Eleanor H. Porter Libri

Ho--ho! Brrrr! spluttered the big man, coloring like a schoolboy and throwing back his head with a hearty laugh. "Ho--ho! Just as if--" He broke off with a quick lifting of his hand. The next moment he was escorting a plainly very much frightened little old lady from curb to curb. If his step were a bit more pompous, and his chest a bit more full, it must have been only an unconscious tribute to the watching eyes of the little girl back at the starting-point. A moment later, with a haughtily permissive wave of his hand toward the chafing drivers and chauffeurs, he strolled back to Pollyanna.

Pollyanna è curiosissima, non sta ferma un minuto e non perde occasione per trovare qualcosa di divertente da fare. Quando arriva nella casa della severa zia Polly, porta una ventata di aria fresca: con il suo sorriso e la sua energia Pollyanna insegnerà a guardare il mondo con occhi nuovi, perché la vita... è meravigliosa! Un classico della letteratura liberamente adattato da Geronimo Stilton. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

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