The Avonlea Album is a book edited by Fiona McHugh that was published by Firefly Books in 1991. The book features stills from Sullivan Entertainment's Road to Avonlea television series. The 72-page book details Sara Stanley's first year in Avonlea. Throughout the book, there are quotations from L.M. Montgomery's The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Chronicles of Avonlea, Further Chronicles of Avonlea, and The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume II.
The preface of the book describes how L.M. Montgomery's writings inspired the television series: "These two books, The Story Girl and The Golden Road form the framework of the family television series, The Road to Avonlea. Additional characters and incidents from two collections of Montgomery's short stories, Chronicles of Avonlea and Further Chronicles of Avonlea, lend texture and density to the structure. Thematically and visually, The Road to Avonlea strives to recreate Lucy Maud Montgomery's dream of childhood, that "fair, lost" place "with a spell of eternity woven over it."
Here is the book's description from its back cover:
Avonlea is the maritime community made famous in the story Anne of Green Gables, brought back to television by Sullivan Films in the series "Road to Avonlea," based on the further novels of L.M. Montgomery. This sparkling, episodic series follows the adventures of Sara Stanley, the most enchanting heroine since Anne Shirley.
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Scanned book cover of my copy of The Avonlea Album.
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Created December 17, 1999. Last updated September 18, 2024.
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