Cherry Ames Memories

Somehow I missed the Cherry Ames series growing up, but this delightful article causes me to want to make up for lost time. :)

I can relate to the author's desire to collect the exact editions she read as a girl. One of the most exciting days in my book-buying life was when I stumbed across an "Orchard House" edition of Louisa May Alcott's JACK AND JILL with color illustrations by Beatrice Stevens. I had checked it out of the library innumerable times and was thrilled to finally have it on my own shelf.

It's amazing how looking at the illustrations in a beloved book conjures up childhood memories.