The Girl from Green Gables It seemed  only yesterday that the skinny, freckle-faced redhead  had first come to the island. Now here was Anne,  teaching at the Avonlea school, sixteen, pretty,  and all grown up. Well, not quite grown up. In fact,  Anne was not very different from her restless  young pupils -- mischievous and spirited as ever and  headed for hilarious predicaments with a cranky new  neighbor, a hungry Jersey cow, a parrot with an  embarrassing vocabulary, and a truly  dreadful mistake! The Anne Books   Delightful, unpredictable Anne Shirley has  been charming readers of all ages, in every part of  the world, for over three-quarters of a century.  Bestsellers from the moment they were published,  theAnne Of Green Gablesnovels  have allowed generations of children to grow up  right along with Anne. From the Trade Paperback edition.