I just discovered ‘Anne of Green Gables’, read the first book and absolutely loved it. It evoke many happy childhood memories, as I was - like Anne - a dreamy and playful child. I’m now in my early 30s, live in a German speaking country (where I also grew up) and have never heard of Anne before, until I stumbled across the title in this subreddit and later across the book in the english section of “my” library. I read A LOT as a child and also was read to a lot. But never heard of Anne. Nobody I mentioned the book to has heard of it either, except a friend who saw the Netflix series.
I’m curious to hear how popular Anne is in English speaking parts of the world. And if you have childhood memories of reading ‘Anne’ or other children’s book classics - feel free to share :)
I read it as a pre-teen growing up in America! I’m Australian, and no one here knows about Anne.
I also read all the Nancy Drew books, this would have been in the late 90s.
In Australia, we have books like ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ and ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ which are YA classics. Growing up in America, I read books like ‘A Tree Grows In Brooklyn’, ‘Hatchet’ and ‘The Giver’.
Disagree. I’m in Australia in my early 30s and would say that the book is reasonably well known at least amongst women my age.
The Canadian TV movies were quite popular here in the 80s/90s.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn has been my favorite book since 5th grade.