I loved this series even more than Anne of Green Gables, and I hope I can pass it along to someone who will enjoy it and find Emily inspiring.

"In this sensitive, heart-warming story we meet Emily Starr for the very first time. Spirited, irrepressible Emily, left an orphan when her father dies, finds she is really not alone. An unexpected world of family and friends is waiting for her at New Moon Farm. There Cousin Jimmy encourages her emerging talent for writing, stern Aunt Elizabeth teaches her a surprising lesson in growing up, and Emily's own special way of understanding solves a mystery that gives a lonely man the chance to love again."

Note: This is not the same cover that my copy of the book has.

Note 2: The other two books in the series are rather battered -- they didn't have very firmly glued bindings and pages started slipping out the first time I read them lo so many years ago. But all the pages are still there and the books are still readable.

Promised to a BX'er in Portugal.