What Katy Did Next

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Katy's name was Katy Carr who is the main character. She is full of life and fun and lives in the town of Burnet. Aunt Izzie was a small woman, sharp-faced and thin, rather old-looking, and very neat and particular about everything. She meant to be kind to the children, but they puzzled her much, because they were not a bit like herself when she was a child … It was very perplexing to Aunt Izzie, and she found it hard to quite forgive the children for being so “unaccountable”, and so little like the good boys and girls in Sunday-school memoirs, who were the young people she liked best, and understood most about.”

Religious & Supernatural - 2 Incidents: Children imagine fairies in the woods and a sister makes up a story. A sister makes up a story with a wizard in it. the Carr children and the novel's protagonist. At the beginning of the book she is a twelve-year-old tomboy, who much prefers running around outdoors to quiet 'ladylike' pursuits, and so tears her clothes and is always untidy; however, she longs to be good.lovable harum-scarum Katy Carr. Her head is full of schemes and one day she plans to do something important … Idahoan songwriter Josh Ritter includes a reference to What Katy Did in his song "Monster Ballads" on his album The Animal Years. Both Father and Cousin Helen impart such valuable thoughts on life's lessons, and the story is told in such a way as to be wonderfully engaging and powerfully impacting. I can't recommend this enough! At the beginning we have the traditional flurry of presents from the Carr family as holiday gifts and even a visit to Rose Red in Boston who now has a husband and her own little Rose Bud! This was very much in keeping with the tone and feeling of the last two books.

In the movie Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch, a Steve Coogan fan says her name is Katy and he answers "What Katy did next".The other children are delightful too. Clover is a little sweetheart—Elsie is a darling—Dorry, Phil, & Johnnie are super cute and funny—Cecy is sweet. Cousin Helen is wonderful; Papa is one of the best fictional fathers ever; Aunt Izzy is such a thought-provoking character and you do grow fond of her. The servants are all funny and stand out from each other, as do all the townspeople. Coolidge nailed the art of creating unimportant but interesting people. Cleanliness: Mentions girls going to some little dances. There is a spoiled girl in the story that acts awfully - she is painted in a proper light, you know she's not acting correctly. Mentions lingerie (just the old term for undergarments). A man offers his arm to a girl and they take a walk, a man kisses a girl's hand, a man has his arm around a girl. Mentions wine. Good gracious and thank heaven are said. stars & 8/10 hearts. I was given this book between 10-13 years old and loved it right away. Since then, I have only loved it more and more each read through!

Likened to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, What Katy Did Next is a timeless classic for both children and adults to enjoy. siiski, raamatute kohta, kus midagi ei juhtu (kordan ma end?), olid need minu mäletamist mööda täitsa mõnus lugemine, nii et haarasin selle heal paksul paberil kõvakaanelise 1970. aasta väljaande heategevuspoest kaasa ja ei kahetse. These stories have such a special place in my heart and it is such a joy to reread them. I have been in a terrible book slump for the past couple of of days and I couldn't pay attention to any of the books I had chosen to read so in desperation I brought the reading of What Katy Did Next forward.

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Susan Coolidge was born in 1835 in Ohio, USA. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she started to write. She based her best known Carr family from What Katy Did on her own siblings. She also wrote What Katy Did at School, What Katy Did Next, Clover and In the High Valley.