Anne of Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery (Puffin in Bloom) - Hardcover

L. M. Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874. A prolific writer, she published many short stories, poems and novels but she is best known for Anne of Green Gables and its sequels, inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried in Cavendish on her beloved island.

About the cover artist Based in Winter Park, Florida, Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., a worldwide stationery and gift brand, is an artist best known for her whimsical designs which often include hand-painted illustrations and lettering. She has created unique, illustrated covers for the Puffin in Bloom book collection, which includes such classics as Johanna Spyri's "Heidi," "Little Women "by Louisa May Alcott, and "A Little Princess "by Frances Hodgson Burnett. About the author: Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author who wrote around 500 short stories and poems, as well as twenty published novels. The years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island influenced her writing and inspired her stories of the loveable, red-headed orphan, Anne Shirley.