Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are looking to adopt a boy to help out on their farm - so when the orphanage delivers a red-haired eleven-year-old girl named Anne instead, they are determined to fix the mistake. However, as Anne's vibrant character and vivid imagination brighten up their home, the Cuthberts soon realise Anne must stay at Green Gables.

The inimitable Anne Shirley is fanciful, talkative and dramatic, and this charming novel describing her joyful adventures, close friendships and school rivalries in the town of Avonlea is an enduring children's classic loved by millions.