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Katy Carr is untidy, tall and gangling and lives with her brothers and sisters planning for the day when she will be 'beautiful and beloved, and amiable as an angel'. An accidental fall from a swing seems to threaten her hopes for the future, but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with pluck, vitality and good humour.
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Susan Coolidge was an American from Ohio State who started writing after serving as a nurse in the Civil War. In total, there are 5 books about the irrepressable Katy Carr.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Katy's tale could so easily have been preachy. Set in 1860s USA it's about a thoughtless, careless, happy girl who has a terrible accident. As she learns to live with pain and with not being able to walk, she also learns how to be patient and loving.
However, the lessons are interspersed with annecdotes about Katy and her family. These are so alive and colourful that I am sure they must be partly true! There's the time Katy befriends a counterfeiter's wife; an important visitor finds and reads aloud Katy's story about Bop the blue poodle and Lady Edwitha of the Hebrides; and her sister Johnny's 'baby', a chair named Pikery falls ill and must be dosed with stolen medicine.
I love the underlying message, which is that good deeds begin at home - think globally, act locally. After Katy falls ill, she lies in bed fretting that she will never be able to perform all the great deeds she hoped to do. However she learns that she can make a difference to her family and friends.
I love the honesty of it - although at the end Katy is adored by her family, she is still sometimes headstrong and impatient, and there are times when she must work at being good. I loved the fact that her change has not consumed the joyous, impetuous part of her and there are still merry times after the accident.
I would love to know what a person who has suffered a similar disablement thinks of this story.
Similar reads are L M Mongomery's Anne and Emily books, Laura Ingalls Wilder's pioneering stories and Louisa M Alcott's Little Women.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I actually really enjoyed this book. I know it's a bit old-fashioned now, and obviously things have changed a lot since this book was written. Girls aren't expected to be perfect little angels these days. But it's still a very sweet book. It was interesting to see Katy change from a rebellious little girl into a polite and kind young woman.
One thing about this book that I didn't really like was the ending. I thought the last chapter seemed a bit rushed, and it seemed to me like the happy ending was a bit of an afterthought, and slightly unlikely too.
One thing about this book that I didn't really like was the ending. I thought the last chapter seemed a bit rushed, and it seemed to me like the happy ending was a bit of an afterthought, and slightly unlikely too.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I love this book and all the Katy series. I was just a little girl when I first read it and it quickly became one of my favourites. Sadly my much-read copy was lost when we moved, and I never replaced it. Now here it is for the Kindle, and I have just spent a very happy few hours renewing my acquaintance with the Carr family. A huge thank you to the transcribers.
Society and fashion may change, but people don't and I, a 20th century English child had no trouble relating to Katy, a 19th century American child. Now middle-aged, I love Katy just as much, and find her adventures just as enjoyable.
Society and fashion may change, but people don't and I, a 20th century English child had no trouble relating to Katy, a 19th century American child. Now middle-aged, I love Katy just as much, and find her adventures just as enjoyable.
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A good book, by me age 8
I read this book and I liked it. It was quite nice at the beginning: Katy getting into scrapes, playing games.................................... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Nightingale
What katy did
i think the book is delightful it is amazing and i was so happy to find out that it was free i do wish there is more books like this it is abosolutely amazing i would recommend it... Read more
Published 24 days ago by missljk
Lovely
I didn't read the What Katy Did series as a child so decided to buy some of them now. They are lovely, beautifully written and entertaining even as an adult. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Sarahwoo
Kindle book
All seems to be OK i had this for the kindle in my Nokia Lumia 800 and as of yet i have only skipped through , it will be going on holiday with me so i hope its a good read.
Published 1 month ago by Mr. M. Sampson
Katy did........
I had heard of this book occasionally for many years and decided to give it a go. The confusing names have been mentioned. The story was just plain dull. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Maggie O'Reilly
What Katy Did to me
I am a twelve year old bookworm, which makes it impossible for me to by pass this wonderful novel. It's just the sort of that you want to curl up with on your kindle. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Crazed Bookworm
INTRESTING
a sad story about a girl who very unfortunutly has a tragic accident at the age of about 16 and causes
alot of things to happen and with the death of there Aunt Izzie things... Read more
alot of things to happen and with the death of there Aunt Izzie things... Read more
Published 3 months ago by star
lovely
I read what katy did next 40 years ago could not remember much but i know i had enjoyed it. It was lovely to get all the series for free on the kindle. Read more
Published 4 months ago by gulsen rizki
It was like revisiting an old friend!
I re-read all of the Katy books recently on the Kindle. I loved these books when I was a child/young teenager so reading them again after 40+years has been such fun. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jill in East Kent
What exactly did Katy do?
I read this book as my mum talked about it often as she read it when she was little.
I'm getting the impression she was looking at it with rose tinted glasses as I don't... Read more
I'm getting the impression she was looking at it with rose tinted glasses as I don't... Read more
Published 4 months ago by mrseisen
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