Fairy Tales and stories for childrens. Book 18

Fairy Tales and stories for childrens. Book 18: 1. Anne's House of Dreams; 2. Anne of Ingleside ; 3. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates.


1. Anne's House of Dreams 
Anne's House of Dreams is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. 
It was first published in 1917 by McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart.
The novel is from a series of books written primarily for girls and young women, about a young 
girl named Anne Shirley. The books follow the course of Anne's life. 
It is set principally on Canada's Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's birthplace and home for much of her life.
The series has been called classic children's literature, and has been reprinted many times since its 
original publication. Anne's House of Dreams is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early 
married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together.

2. Anne of Ingleside 

Anne of Ingleside is a children's novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in July 1939 by McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) and the Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York). It is the tenth of eleven books that feature the character of Anne Shirley, and Montgomery's final published novel. 

Seven years after Anne's House of Dreams, Anne visits Diana Wright and her daughter, Anne Cordelia, in Avonlea following the funeral of Gilbert's father. When she returns home to the old Morgan house, now named "Ingleside", she is greeted by her five children: James Matthew ('Jem'), the eldest, now aged seven; Walter Cuthbert, who is about six and often thought to be a bit of a 'sissy' because of his love for poetry; twins Anne ('Nan') and Diana ('Di'), who are five and look nothing alike, Nan with brown hair and hazel eyes, and Di with red hair and green eyes; and finally Shirley, two years old and Susan Baker's favorite, as she took care of him as an infant while Anne was very sick following his birth.


3. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.

The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.

The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.