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This page lists 358 reviews of books about L.M. Montgomery (such as biographies, scholarship, and extensions) published since 1956. Not included here are reviews of books that Montgomery published within her own lifetime or that have been attributed to her since her death.

In chronological order: 1956 | 1957 | 1967 | 1973 | 1976 | 1977 | 1979 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

1956 (5)

Globe and Mail (Toronto). “The Power to Enchant.” Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. 3 March 1956, 8.

Wales, Julia Grace. Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. The Canadian Author and Bookman 32, no. 1 (Spring 1956): 20.

Medicine Hat (AB) News. “Montgomery Biography.” Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. 4 August 1956, 5.

Huckvale, Jane E. Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. Lethbridge (AB) Herald, 11 August 1956, 4.

Winnipeg Tribune. Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. 25 August 1956, 11.

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1957 (1)

McDougall, R.L. Review of The Story of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. University of Toronto Quarterly 26, no. 3 (April 1957): 328–29.

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1967 (1)

Boudreau, J.A. Review of The Clear Spirit: Twenty Canadian Women and Their Times, edited by Mary Quayle Innis. The Canadian Historical Review 48, no. 4 (December 1967): 373–74. https://doi.org/10.3138/chr-048-04-br05.

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1973 (1)

Hunt, Jacquie. “Book about Famous Story-Teller Interesting, though Sugary-Sweet.” Review of L.M. Montgomery, by Hilda M. Ridley. Ottawa Citizen, 11 May 1973, 79.

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1976 (4)

Biesenthal, Linda. Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1975, edited by Dean Tudor, Nancy Tudor, and Linda Biesenthal, 59. Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1976.

“Two Literary Ladies.” Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen; The Schoolgirl Ethic, by Gillian Freeman. Growing Point 15 (1976): 2954–55.

Walker, Elspeth. Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. Lethbridge (AB) Herald, 12 February 1976, 5.

Fredericks, Carrie. Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 2, no. 1 (Fall 1976): 129–32. https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/4842.

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1977 (3)

Frazer, Frances. “Not the Whole Story.” Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. Canadian Literature 74 (Autumn 1977): 105–7.

Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 2, no. 3 (Autumn 1977): 16. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.0.1425.

Cowan, Ann S. Review of The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. The Canadian Historical Review 58, no. 4 (December 1977): 512–13.

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1979 (1)

McGregor, Nancy. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Mollie Gillen. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1978, edited by Dean Tudor, Nancy Tudor, and Linda Biesenthal, 37. Toronto: PMA Books, 1979.

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1983 (3)

Vervoort, P. Review of Spirit of Place: Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward Island, selected and edited by Francis W.P. Bolger. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1982, edited by Dean Tudor and Ann Tudor, 86. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1983.

McGillis, Roderick. “Anne in the Nursery.” Review of A Child’s Anne, retold by Deirdre Kessler, illustrated by Floyd Trainor; The Anne of Green Gables Picture Book, by Molly Hughes. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 30 (1983): 61–63. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/1731.

Davis, Sally. Review of Spirit of Place: Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward Island, selected and edited by Francis W.P. Bolger. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People 11, no. 1 (January 1983). https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol11no1/spiritofplace.html.

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1984 (1)

Davis, Sally. Review of A Child’s Anne, retold by Deirdre Kessler. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People 12, no. 1 (January 1984). https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol12no1/childsanne.html.

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1985 (1)

Thaler, Danielle. “Émilie et le puits.” Review of Émilie de la Nouvelle Lune 1, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Paule Daveluy. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 37 (1985): 93–96. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/1841.

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1986 (2)

Lewis, Robin Baird. “Cookery, Kids and Comprehension.” Review of The Kid’s Bakebook, by Shannon Ferrier and Tamara Shuttleworth; The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook, by Kate Macdonald; Fun in the Kitchen, by Angela Clubb. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 44 (1986): 77–79. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/2049.

Montgomery, Margaret. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook, by Kate Macdonald. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials (Ottawa), July 1986. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol14no4/annecookbook.html.

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1987 (8)

Pilon, Ellen. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Preliminary Bibliography, by Ruth Weber Russell, D.W. Russell, and Rea Wilmshurst. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1986, edited by Leslie McGrath and Katharine McGrath, 13–14. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1987.

Thaler, Danielle. “Anne, ma sœur Anne. . . .” Review of Anne . . . La maison aux pignons verts, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Henri-Dominique Paratte. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 46 (1987): 72–73. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/2135.

Jacquot, Martine. “Anne of Green Gables in Translation.” Review of Anne . . . La maison aux pignons verts, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Henri-Dominique Paratte. The Atlantic Provinces Book Review 14, no. 1 (February–March 1987): 13.

Burrington, Merilyn. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook, by Kate Macdonald. School Library Journal (New York), February 1987, 81.

Smith, Karen. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Preliminary Bibliography, by Ruth Weber Russell, D.W. Russell, and Rea Wilmshurst. The Dalhousie Review 67, no. 1 (Spring 1987): 143–45.

Waterston, Elizabeth. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Preliminary Bibliography, by Ruth Weber Russell, D.W. Russell, and Rea Wilmshurst. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada 25, no. 1 (Spring 1987): 155–57. https://doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v25i1.17632.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook, by Kate Macdonald. 1 June 1987. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-19-540496-8.

Kröller, Eva-Marie. Review of Anne . . . La maison aux pignons verts, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Henri-Dominique Paratte. Canadian Literature 115 (Winter 1987): 290–96.

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1988 (4)

Lewis, Theresa. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Storybook, by Fiona McHugh. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1987, edited by Dean Tudor, 232–33. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1988.

Epperly, Elizabeth R. “L.M. Montgomery and the Changing Times.” Acadiensis 17, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 177–85. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/12247.

Crann, Elisabeth. Review of Anne . . . La maison aux pignons verts, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Henri-Dominique Paratte. Arts Atlantic (Charlottetown), Spring 1988, 70.

Ashby, Adele. “Spin-Offs Capitalize on Green Gables Popularity.” Review of Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst; The Anne of Green Gables Storybook, adapted by Fiona McHugh. Quill and Quire (Toronto), April 1988, 12.

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1989 (1)

McGillis, Roderick. “Anne: The Book from the Film.” Review of The Anne of Green Gables Storybook, adapted by Fiona McHugh. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 55 (1989): 73–75. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4700.

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1991 (7)

Thaler, Danielle. “La conquête de l’écriture.” Review of Émilie de la Nouvelle Lune 2, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, translated by Paule Daveluy. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 61 (1991): 72–74. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3495.

Rubio, Mary. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury, by Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Eriksson. Quill and Quire (Toronto), June 1991, 26.

Mahoney, Anne-Louise. Review of The Journey Begins, by Dennis Adair and Janet Rosenstock; The Story Girl Earns Her Name, by Gail Hamilton; Song of the Night, by Fiona McHugh. Quill and Quire (Toronto), June 1991, 26.

Mackey, Margaret. Review of The Years Before “Anne,” by Francis W.P. Bolger. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), September 1991, 244. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol19no4/beforeanne.html.

Hall, Constance. Review of The Journey Begins, by Dennis Adair and Janet Rosenstock; The Story Girl Earns Her Name, by Gail Hamilton; Song of the Night, by Fiona McHugh. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), November 1991, 357–58. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol19no6/journeybegins.html.

Steenbergen, Pat. Review of The Materializing of Duncan McTavish, by Heather Conkie; Conversions, by Gail Hamilton; Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s, by Fiona McHugh. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), November 1991, 358. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol19no6/duncanmctavish.html.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury, by Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Erikkson. 8 November 1991, 66.

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1992 (21)

Green, Kelly L. Review of The Years Before “Anne,” by Francis W.P. Bolger. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 39. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Free, Jean. Review of The Journey Begins, by Dennis Adair and Janet Rosenstock. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 329. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

McGrath, Joan. Review of Malcolm and the Baby, by Heather Conkie; The Hope Chest of Arabella King, by Linda Zwicker. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 333–34. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Hutchings, Anne. Review of Song of the Night, by Fiona McHugh; The Materializing of Duncan McTavish, by Heather Conkie. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 334. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Free, Jean. Review of Aunt Abigail’s Beau, by Amy Jo Cooper. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 335. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Arsenault, Lisa. Review of Felicity’s Challenge, by Gail Hamilton; Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s, by Fiona McHugh. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 341–42. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Free, Jean. Review of The Story Girl Earns Her Name, by Gail Hamilton. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 342. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

McLeod, Lori. Review of Nothing Endures but Change, by Gail Hamilton. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 342. Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1992.

Epperly, Elizabeth R. “A Feminist Anne.” Review of A Life and Its Mirrors: A Feminist Reading of L.M. Montgomery’s Fiction, Volume 1: An Introduction to Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne Shirley, by Gabriella Åhmansson. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 65 (1992): 87–88. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4749.

Weaver, Bronwyn. “The Golden Road to Avonlea.” Review of The Journey Begins, by Dennis Adair and Janet Rosenstock; The Story Girl Earns Her Name, by Gail Hamilton; Song of the Night, by Fiona McHugh. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 67 (1992): 64–65. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/2761.

Kerman, Kay. Review of Malcolm and the Baby, by Heather Conkie; Aunt Abigail’s Beau, by Amy Jo Cooper; Felicity’s Challenge, by Gail Hamilton. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), March 1992, 89–90. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol20no2/malcom.html.

Morley, Patricia. “Beyond Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Work Deserves Critical Acclaim.” Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Ottawa Citizen, 13 June 1992, B8.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Harry Bruce. 27 July 1992, 64.

Duffy, Dennis. “The Tenuous Talents of Our Hometown Hero.” Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Compass: A Jesuit Journal (Toronto), September–October 1992, 40–42.

Atlantic Books Today (Halifax). “Behind the Gables.” Review of Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Harry Bruce; The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume 3: 1921–1929, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston; Finding Anne on Prince Edward Island, by Kathleen Hamilton and Sibyl Frei. Fall 1992, 27.

Hall, Constance. Review of Sara’s Homecoming, by Heather Conkie; Aunt Hetty’s Ordeal, by Gail Hamilton; Of Corsets and Secrets and True True Love, by Fiona McHugh. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), October 1992, 271. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol20no5/revofcorsetsandsecrets.html.

Scotto, Barbara. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Wilson Library Bulletin (Bronx, NY), October 1992, 100–101.

Abley, Mark. “Author’s Life Was Far Cry from Sunny Green Gables.” Review of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume 3: 1921–1929, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston; Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Harry Bruce. Gazette (Montreal), 31 October 1992, J1.

Jones, R.E. Review of Such a Simple Little Tale: Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, edited by Mavis Reimer. Choice 30, no. 3 (November 1992). https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.30-1383.

Mackey, Margaret. Review of Old Quarrels, Old Love, by Heather Conkie; Family Rivalry, by Gail Hamilton; May the Best Man Win, by Gail Hamilton. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), November 1992, 311. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol20no6/oldquarrels.html.

Campbell, Marie. Review of Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Harry Bruce. Quill and Quire (Toronto), November 1992, 34.

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1993 (12)

McLeod, Lori. Review of Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Harry Bruce. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1992, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 41. Toronto: CBRA, 1993.

Arsenault, Lisa. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1992, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 263. Toronto: CBRA, 1993.

Free, Jean. Review of Sara’s Homecoming, by Heather Conkie; Aunt Hetty’s Ordeal, by Gail Hamilton; Of Corsets and Secrets and True True Love, by Fiona McHugh. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1992, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 316–17. Toronto: CBRA, 1993.

McLeod, Lori. Review of Family Rivalry, by Gail Hamilton; May the Best Man Win, by Gail Hamilton. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1992, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 320. Toronto: CBRA, 1993.

Nazarenko, Tatiana. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. British Journal of Canadian Studies 8, no. 1 (1993): 118–19.

Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins. “A Successful Montgomery.” Review of L.M. Montgomery, by Genevieve Wiggins. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 69 (Spring 1993): 38–39. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/2823.

Lemm, Richard. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. The Island Magazine 33 (Spring–Summer 1993): 39–40. https://islandarchives.ca/islandora/object/vre:islemag-batch2-446.

Blenkhorn, Deborah. “Roots of Feminism?” Review of Purple Springs, by Nellie McClung; Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach, by Ilana Pardes; Such a Simple Little Tale: Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, edited by Mavis Reimer. Canadian Literature 137 (Summer 1993): 77–78.

Johnson, Jennifer. Review of Dreamer of Dreams, by Heather Conkie; It’s Just a Stage, by Amy Jo Cooper; Misfits and Miracles, by Linda Zwicker. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People (Ottawa), September 1993, 135–36. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol21no4/dreamer.html.

Wiggins, Genevieve. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. American Review of Canadian Studies 23, no. 3 (Autumn 1993): 460–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722019309481840.

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick. “Lucy & John.” Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; The Borders of Nightmare: The Fiction of John Richardson, by Michael Hurley. Canadian Literature 138–39 (Autumn–Winter 1993): 153–55.

Katka, Pat. Review of Kindred Spirit: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery, Creator of Anne of Green Gables, by Catherine M. Andronik. School Library Journal (New York), November 1993, 128.

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1994 (5)

van Haaften, Jami. Review of Dreamer of Dreams, by Heather Conkie; Old Quarrels, Old Love, by Heather Conkie. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, n.pag. Toronto: CBRA, 1994.

Smith, Ann Moynes. Review of It’s Just a Stage, by Amy Jo Cooper; Misfits and Miracles, by Linda Zwicker. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, n.pag. Toronto: CBRA, 1994.

Phillips, Anne K. “The Anne-Girl and Her Critics.” Review of Such a Simple Little Tale: Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, edited by Mavis Reimer. Children’s Literature 22 (1994): 192–95. https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.0.0371.

Grauer, Lalage. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. University of Toronto Quarterly 64, no. 1 (Winter 1994): 202–3.

Stringam, Jean. “Each Time Has to be the First Time.” Review of The Materializing of Duncan McTavish, by Heather Conkie; Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s, by Fiona McHugh; Conversions, by Gail Hamilton; Aunt Abigail’s Beau, by Amy Jo Cooper; Malcolm and the Baby, by Heather Conkie; Felicity’s Challenge, by Gail Hamilton. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 73 (Spring 1994): 61–63. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/2949.

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1995 (6)

Rubio, Jennie. “The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: New Readings of L.M. Montgomery.” Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Essays on Canadian Writing 55 (Spring 1995): 161–68.

Reimer, Mavis. “Charting the Outlines of Canadian Children’s Literature.” Review of Children’s Literature in Canada, by Elizabeth Waterston; L.M. Montgomery, by Genevieve Wiggins. The Lion and the Unicorn 19, no. 1 (June 1995): 95–101. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.1995.0015.

Pepper, Kaija. “The Straight and Narrow ‘Road to Avonlea.’” Review of Family Rivalry, by Gail Hamilton; May the Best Man Win, by Gail Hamilton; Dreamer of Dreams, by Heather Conkie; It’s Just a Stage, by Amy Jo Cooper; Misfits and Miracles, by Linda Zwicker. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 77 (Summer 1995): 82–83. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4681.

Mendenhall, Marie. “Piggyback on the Road to Avonlea.” Review of Sara’s Homecoming, by Heather Conkie; Aunt Hetty’s Ordeal, by Gail Hamilton; Of Corsets and Secrets and True True Love, by Fiona McHugh; Old Quarrels, Old Love, by Heather Conkie. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 77 (Summer 1995): 84–85. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4682.

Powell, Marilyn. “Just the Basics on Montgomery.” Review of Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 10 July 1995, C3.

Tiessen, Paul. Review of Such a Simple Little Tale: Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, edited by Mavis Reimer. English Studies in Canada 21, no. 3 (September 1995): 357–59. https://doi.org/10.1353/esc.1995.0028.

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1996 (4)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 80–81. Toronto: CBRA, 1996.

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Kindling Spirit: L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, by Elizabeth Waterston. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 265. Toronto: CBRA, 1996.

Mervold, Deborah. Review of Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 9 February 1996. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol2/no17/montgomery.html.

Dudar, Judy. “Reconsiderations.” Review of Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden of L.M. Montgomery; Essays on Her Novels and Journals, edited by Mary Henley Rubio; Sexualizing Power in Naturalism: Theodore Dreiser and Frederick Philip Grove, by Irene Gammel. Canadian Literature 151 (Winter 1996): 133–35.

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1997 (4)

Hazel, Kathryn-Jane. Review of The Ecstasy of Resistance: A Biography of George Ryga, by James Hoffman; Writing a Life, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston; Dear Marian, Dear Hugh: The MacLennan-Engel Correspondence, edited by Christl Verduyn. British Journal of Canadian Studies 12, no. 1 (1997): 151–52.

Bogaards, Winnifred M. Review of Dear Marian, Dear Hugh: The MacLennan-Engel Correspondence, edited by Christl Verduyn; Writing a Life, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. English Studies in Canada 23, no. 1 (March 1997): 106–8. https://doi.org/10.1353/esc.1997.0060.

Calvert, Jo. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Christmas Treasury, by Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Eriksson; Living with Herbs: A Treasury of Useful Plants for the Home and Garden, by Jo Ann Gardner; Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Flower Arranging, by Judith Blacklock; The Country Store: Traditional Food, Country Crafts, Natural Decorations, by Stephanie Donaldson. Quill and Quire (Toronto), August 1997. https://quillandquire.com/review/the-anne-of-green-gables-christmas-treasury/.

Ellis, Sarah. “The Maud Squad.” Review of Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat, by Lynn Manuel, illustrated by Janet Wilson; The Annotated Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones. Quill and Quire (Toronto), September 1997, 74. https://quillandquire.com/review/lucy-maud-and-the-cavendish-cat/.

Also in Children’s Literature Review, Volume 91, edited by Scot Peacock, 173–74. Detroit: Gale, 2004.

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1998 (6)

Sheppard, Philippa. Review of Emily of New Moon, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Priscilla Galloway; Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Shelley Tanaka. Quill and Quire (Toronto), March 1998, 74. https://quillandquire.com/review/emily-of-new-moon/.

Baillie, Susanne. Review of Anne of Green Gables: An Interactive CD-ROM, by Renaissance Interactive Studios. Quill and Quire (Toronto), March 1998, 74–75.

Hamilton, Gail. Review of Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat, by Lynn Manuel, illustrated by Janet Wilson. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 10 April 1998. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol4/no16/lucymaud.html.

Wild, Leanne. “A New ‘Anne’ on the YPT Stage.” Review of Anne, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Paul Ledoux. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 91–92 (Fall–Winter 1998): 169–72. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4523.

Nolan, Jason. “Digitizing Anne: Anne of Green Gables, An Interactive CD-ROM Novel.” Review of Anne of Green Gables: An Interactive CD-ROM, by Renaissance Interactive Studios. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 91–92 (Fall–Winter 1998): 173. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4524.

Mews, Alison. Review of Anne of Green Gables: An Interactive CD-ROM, by Renaissance Interactive Studios. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 1998, 30.

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1999 (11)

Moran, Maureen. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. British Journal of Canadian Studies 14, no. 2 (1999): 344–45.

Phillips, Anne K. “Additional ‘Variations’: Further Developments in Feminist Theory and Children’s Literature.” Review of Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden of L.M. Montgomery; Essays on Her Novels and Journals, edited by Mary Henley Rubio; Nancy Drew and Company: Culture, Gender, and Girls’ Series, edited by Sherrie A. Inness; Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children’s Novels, by Roberta Seelinger Trites. Children’s Literature 27 (1999): 223–32. https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.0.0500.

Scott, Maylin. “Lives of Girls and Women.” Review of Women’s Lives: The View from the Threshold, by Carolyn G. Heilbrun; L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. University of Toronto Bookstore Review 13, no. 1 (1999): 17–18.

MacKeen, Meredith. Review of Anne of Green Gables (8 Special Collector’s Editions), by L.M. Montgomery. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), February 1999, 10.

Garner, Barbara Carman. “Roads to Yesterday: New Readings of L.M. Montgomery.” Review of The Annotated Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones; Children’s Voices in Atlantic Literature and Culture: Essays on Childhood, edited by Hilary Thompson; Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden of L.M. Montgomery; Essays on Her Novels and Journals, edited by Mary Henley Rubio; Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston; Kindling Spirit: L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, by Elizabeth Waterston. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 50–52. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.0.1265.

McNaughton, Janet. Review of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron. Quill and Quire (Toronto), May 1999, 31. https://quillandquire.com/review/the-lucy-maud-montgomery-album/.

Sadowski, Karen E. Review of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron; The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume 4: 1929–1935, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. Library Journal (New York), 1 May 1999, 78.

Excerpted in Children’s Literature Review, Volume 91, edited by Scot Peacock, 194. Detroit: Gale, 2004.

Dundas, Deborah. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Quill and Quire (Toronto), July 1999, 47. https://quillandquire.com/review/lm-montgomery-and-canadian-culture/.

Ross, Val. “Lucy Maud: Cultural Icon.” Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly; The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 7 August 1999, D11.

Sykes, Judith A. Review of Lucy Maud and Me, by Mary Frances Coady. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 1999, 10–11.

Beauregard, Sue-Ellen. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Many Mauds, directed by Barbara Doran. Booklist (Chicago), 15 October 1999, 463.

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2000 (12)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 67. Toronto: CBRA, 2000.

Morley, Patricia. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 258. Toronto: CBRA, 2000.

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Lucy Maud and Me, by Mary Frances Coady. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 488–89. Toronto: CBRA, 2000.

Tye, Diane. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Ethnologies 22, no. 2 (2000): 301–2. https://doi.org/10.7202/1087908ar.

Parker, S.A. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Choice 37, no. 7 (March 2000). https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.37-3787.

Hammill, Faye. “Anne Analyzed.” Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 97 (Spring 2000): 38–39. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3636.

Garner, Barbara Carman. “The Richness and Magnitude of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Legacy.” Review of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 97 (Spring 2000): 40–41. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3637.

Epperly, Elizabeth R. “Unlikely, Uneven, yet Readable.” Review of Lucy Maud and Me, by Mary Frances Coady. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 97 (Spring 2000): 41–42. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3638.

Fuller, Danielle. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Ariel: A Review of International English Literature 31, no. 3 (July 2000): 180–84. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ariel/article/view/34652.

Thompson, Hilary. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada 38, no. 2 (Fall 2000): 108–10. https://doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v38i2.18179.

The Presbyterian Record (Toronto). Review of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron. November 2000, 21.

Baker, Deirdre. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. University of Toronto Quarterly 70, no. 1 (Winter 2000–2001): 457–58.

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2001 (10)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Pop-Up Storybook, by L.M. Montgomery. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2000, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 451. Toronto: CBRA, 2001.

Findon, Joanne. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. Quill and Quire (Toronto), February 2001. https://quillandquire.com/review/lucy-maud-montgomery-a-writer-s-life/.

Alward, Lisa. “Lighting Fires for Young Writers.” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB), 17 March 2001, R6.

Baker, Deirdre. “Candy-Coating Lucy Maude [sic].” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. Toronto Star, 18 March 2001, D15.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), April 2001, 18.

Simonetta, Kathleen. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth Macleod. School Library Journal (New York), April 2001, 164.

Nolan, Jason, and Yuka Kajihara. “Too Many Bends in the Road.” Review of The Bend in the Road: An Invitation to the World and Work of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, Deirdre Kessler, and Anne-Louise Brookes. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 103 (Fall 2001): 69–70. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3802.

Doucet, Lisa. Review of Green Gables: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Favourite Places, by Deirdre Kessler, photography by Martin Caird. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 19 October 2001. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol8/no4/greengables.html.

Doucet, Lisa. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 30 November 2001. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol8/no7/lmm.html.

Jones, Raymond E. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 26, no. 1 (Winter 2001): 53–54. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.0.1631.

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2002 (14)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 47. Toronto: CBRA, 2002.

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Green Gables: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Favourite Places, by Deirdre Kessler, photography by Martin Caird. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 338–39. Toronto: CBRA, 2002.

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life, by Elizabeth MacLeod. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 542–43. Toronto: CBRA, 2002.

Devereux, Cecily. “The ‘Anne’ in ‘Canadianness.’” Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Canadian Literature 172 (Spring 2002): 166–67.

Also in Children’s Literature Review, Volume 91, edited by Scot Peacock, 161–62. Detroit: Gale, 2004.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Green Gables: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Favourite Places, by Deirdre Kessler, photography by Martin Caird. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), April 2002, 45–46.

Oppel, Kenneth. Review of Maud’s House of Dreams, by Janet Lunn. Quill and Quire (Toronto), September 2002. https://quillandquire.com/review/maud-s-house-of-dreams/.

Doucet, Lisa. Review of The Bend in the Road: An Invitation to the World and Work of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, Deirdre Kessler, and Anne-Louise Brookes. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 6 September 2002. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol9/no1/thebend.html.

Lefebvre, Benjamin. “Belated Acknowledgements.” Review of L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly. Essays on Canadian Writing 77 (Fall 2002): 90–99.

Reutter, Vicki. Review of The Bend in the Road: An Invitation to the World and Work of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, Deirdre Kessler, and Anne-Louise Brookes. School Library Journal (New York), October 2002, 88+.

Gepson, Lolly. Review of Anne of Green Gables (CD), by Lucy Maud Montgomery, performed by the St. Charles Players. Booklist (Chicago), 1 November 2002, 516.

Nolen, Stephanie. “Life of Anne’s Creator Misses the Romance.” Review of Maud’s House of Dreams: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Janet Lunn. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 30 November 2002, D27.

Lefebvre, Benjamin. Review of Authors and Audiences: Popular Canadian Fiction in the Early Twentieth Century, by Clarence Karr. University of Toronto Quarterly 72, no. 1 (Winter 2002–2003): 470–71.

Lefebvre, Benjamin, and Mary Henley Rubio. Review of Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron. University of Toronto Quarterly 72, no. 1 (Winter 2002–2003): 506–7.

Pogue, Liz. “Two Holiday Offerings for Young Avonlea Fans.” Review of Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst; Maud’s House of Dreams: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Janet Lunn. Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC), 22 December 2002, D10.

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2003 (15)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Maud’s House of Dreams: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Janet Lunn. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2002, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 248. Toronto: CBRA, 2003.

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2002, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 248. Toronto: CBRA, 2003.

Macfarlane, Karen E. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal / Revue d’études sur les femmes 28, no. 1 (2003): 125–26. https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/1281.

Gillis, Stacy. Review of The Bend in the Road: An Invitation to the World and Work of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, Deirdre Kessler, and Anne-Louise Brookes. British Journal of Canadian Studies 16, no. 1 (2003): 218–20.

Gillis, Stacy. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. British Journal of Canadian Studies 16, no. 2 (2003): 425–26.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Maud’s House of Dreams: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Janet Lunn. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), February 2003, 52.

Fenn, Jane P. Review of Anne of Green Gables, performed by Story Theater for Young Readers. School Library Journal (New York), February 2003, 74.

Litster, Jennifer H. “Time Travels and Tangles.” Review of Maud’s House of Dreams: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Janet Lunn. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 109–10 (Spring–Summer 2003): 117–22. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3952.

Kotsopoulos, Patsy. “Pushing the Boundaries of Avonlea.” Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 109–10 (Spring–Summer 2003): 128–30. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3954.

Nolan, Jason. “In the First Person.” Review of Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 109–10 (Spring–Summer 2003): 151–54. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/3960.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by M.C. Helldorfer. 21 April 2003, 65.

Rosenberg, Teya. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 28, no. 2 (Summer 2003): 124–25. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.0.1419.

Devereux, Cecily. “As True a Picture.” Review of Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron. Canadian Literature 178 (Autumn 2003): 138–39.

Dean, Misao. “(Re)inscriptions of Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture.” Review of “Come, Bright Improvement”: The Literary Societies of Nineteenth Century Ontario, by Heather Murray; Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel; Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson, by Carole Gerson and Veronica Strong-Boag. Topia: A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 10 (Fall 2003): 91–95.

Ostry, Elaine. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. University of Toronto Quarterly 73, no. 1 (Winter 2003–2004): 264–66.

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2004 (7)

Sellwood, Jane. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. Australian Canadian Studies 22, no. 2 (2004): 337–43.

Also as “The Niceness of Belonging,” Studies in Culture 26–27 (March 2004): 173–81.

Doucet, Lisa. Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by M.C. Helldorfer. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 30 January 2004. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol10/no11/anneofgreengables.html.

Whitfield, Caroline. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. The Dalhousie Review 84, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 179–80.

Preisendorfer, Cheryl. Review of Anne of Green Gables (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery. School Library Journal (New York), May 2004, 90.

Morgan, Cecilia. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. The Canadian Historical Review 85, no. 3 (September 2004): 634–35. https://doi.org/10.1353/can.2004.0118.

Wysocki, Barbara. Review of Anne’s House of Dreams (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery. School Library Journal (New York), October 2004, 83+.

Robinson, Laura M. Review of Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel. English Studies in Canada 30, no. 4 (December 2004): 235–39. https://doi.org/10.1353/esc.2004.0077.

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2005 (8)

Gillham, Virginia. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Incredible Life of the Creator of Anne of Green Gables, by Stan Sauerwein. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2004, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 77. Toronto: CBRA, 2005.

Hamilton, Beryl. Review of A Writer’s Garden: Inspired Photographs with Selected Writings by L.M. Montgomery. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2004, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 123–24. Toronto: CBRA, 2005.

Poe, K.L. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. Biography 28, no. 4 (2005): 690–93. https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2006.0003.

Lombardo, Cindy. Review of Rainbow Valley (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery. School Library Journal (New York), February 2005, 76.

Melgaard, Tricia. Review of Rilla of Ingleside (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery. School Library Journal (New York), March 2005, 89.

Scott, Laura. Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, retold by Kathleen Olmstead. School Library Journal (New York), July 2005, 80.

Devereux, Cecily. Review of Editions and Impressions: Collectors and Their Love of the Works of L.M. Montgomery, by Mary McConnell, Cameron Treleaven, and Aritha van Herk. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada 43, no. 2 (Fall 2005): 101–2. https://doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v43i2.18445.

Jones, Raymond E. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 30, no. 4 (Winter 2005): 437–40. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2006.0013.

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2006 (8)

MacDonald-Murray, Elisabeth Anne. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. In Canadian Book Review Annual 2005, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 55. Toronto: CBRA, 2006.

Lewis, Pippa. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel; Littoral Documents, by Shauna McCabe; To a Watery Grave / La Mer, Lieu de Repos Eternel, by Andrew T. Hunter. British Journal of Canadian Studies 19, no. 2 (2006): 345–46.

MacDonald, Heidi. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. The Canadian Historical Review 87, no. 1 (March 2006): 141–43. https://doi.org/10.1353/can.2006.0022.

Lefebvre, Benjamin. “L.M. Montgomery Studies.” Review of Windows and Words: A Look at Canadian Children’s Literature in English, edited by Aïda Hudson and Susan-Ann Cooper; Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Cecily Devereux; The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. Canadian Literature 189 (Summer 2006): 158–60.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables, by Alexandra Wallner. 1 August 2006, 797.

Phelan, Carolyn. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables, by Alexandra Wallner. Booklist (Chicago), 15 September 2006, 65.

Coats, Karen. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables, by Alexandra Wallner. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Chicago), November 2006, 148. https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2006.0759.

James, Helen Foster. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables, by Alexandra Wallner. School Library Journal (New York), December 2006, 130.

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2007 (5)

Perreault, Jeanne. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. University of Toronto Quarterly 76, no. 1 (Winter 2007): 504–5. https://doi.org/10.1353/utq.2007.0213.

Lang, Isobel. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables, by Alexandra Wallner. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), February 2007, 26–27.

York, Lorraine. Review of The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel. English Studies in Canada 33, no. 1–2 (March–June 2007): 293–96. https://doi.org/10.1353/esc.0.0037.

Berezowski, Linda. Review of The Summer of the Marco Polo, by Lynn Manuel, illustrated by Kasia Charko. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), June 2007, 5.

Ross, Senta. Review of The Summer of the Marco Polo, by Lynn Manuel, illustrated by Kasia Charko. Canadian Children’s Book News (Toronto), Summer 2007, 31.

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2008 (28)

Ellis, Sarah. “Channelling L.M.” Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Quill and Quire (Toronto), January–February 2008, 60.

Walker, Elizabeth. Review of The Anne of Green Gables Storybook, by Fiona McHugh. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 8 February 2008. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol14/no12/theanneofgreengablesstorybook.html.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. 15 February 2008.

McNeil, Laurie. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Elizabeth MacLeod; The Wright Brothers, by Elizabeth MacLeod. Quill and Quire (Toronto), March 2008, 64–65. https://quillandquire.com/review/lucy-maud-montgomery/.

Flanagan, Margaret. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Booklist (Chicago), 15 March 2008, 25.

Halliday, Brenda. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Canadian Children’s Book News (Toronto), Spring 2008, 32.

Thomas, Christa Zeller. “Seeing and Being.” Review of Through Lover’s Lane: L.M. Montgomery’s Photography and Visual Imagination, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Canadian Literature 196 (Spring 2008): 145–46.

Lefebvre, Benjamin. “Eternally Anne.” Review of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson; Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 22 March 2008, D1, D9. https://benjaminlefebvre.com/eternally-anne/.

OHS Bulletin: The Newsletter of the Ontario Historical Society. Review of Through Lover’s Lane: L.M. Montgomery’s Photography and Visual Imagination, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. 164 (April 2008): 7.

Lawrence, Susan. Review of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Quill and Quire (Toronto), April 2008, 38. https://quillandquire.com/review/imagining-anne-the-island-scrapbooks-of-lm-montgomery/.

Dusmann, Cori. Review of Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel. Quill and Quire (Toronto), April 2008, 38–39. https://quillandquire.com/review/looking-for-anne-how-lucy-maud-montgomery-dreamed-up-a-literary-classic/.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery, by Irene Gammel. 15 April 2008.

Wilker, Carolyn. “Anne at 100.” Review of Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up A Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel. Record (Kitchener-Waterloo), 19 April 2008, W10.

Also in Guelph Mercury, 19 April 2008, C5.

Cart, Michael. Review of Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery, by Irene Gammel. Booklist (Chicago), 15 May 2008, 16.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery, by Irene Gammel. 19 May 2008, 48.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Before Green Gables (audiobook), by Budge Wilson, read by Renée Raudman. 26 May 2008, 64.

Junyk, Myra. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Elizabeth MacLeod; The Wright Brothers, by Elizabeth MacLeod. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 30 May 2008. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol14/no20/lucymaudmontgomery.html.

Grice, Polly. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. The Bookseller, 6 June 2008, 11.

Peters, Susan L. Review of Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery, by Irene Gammel. Library Journal (New York), July 2008, 80.

Kellerman, Carol. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Kliatt 42, no. 5 (September 2008): 52.

Gerson, Carole. “Anne’s Anniversary.” Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Cecily Devereux; Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel; Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Deirdre Kessler, illustrated by David Preston Smith; Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery (New Canadian Library); Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery (Penguin Canada); Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Mary Henley Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston; Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson (G.P. Putnam); Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson (Penguin Canada). Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 34, no. 2 (Fall 2008): 98–111. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4924.

Pike, E. Holly. “Who Do We Think You Are?” Review of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; Through Lover’s Lane: L.M. Montgomery’s Photography and Visual Imagination, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery, edited by Irene Gammel; Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Elizabeth MacLeod; After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery’s Letters to Ephraim Weber, 1916–1941, edited by Hildi Froese Tiessen and Paul Gerard Tiessen; The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume 5: 1935–1942, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 34, no. 2 (Fall 2008): 112–23. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/article/view/4925.

MacAndrew, Jack. “The Year of Anne.” Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson; Anne of Green Gables the Musical: 101 Things You Didn’t Know, by Don Harron; Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel; Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Deirdre Kessler, illustrated by David Preston Smith; Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; Magic Island: The Fictions of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Waterston. Literary Review of Canada (Toronto), October 2008. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2008/10/the-year-of-anne/.

Goldsmith, Francisca. Review of Anne of Green Gables (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery, read by Kate Burton. Booklist (Chicago), 1 October 2008, 58.

Nielsen, Val. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 24 October 2008. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol15/no5/beforegreengables.html.

Gammel, Irene. “The Fatal Disappointments of Lucy Maud.” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 15 November 2008, D4.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Deirdre Kessler, illustrated by David Preston Smith. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), December 2008, 19.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), December 2008, 41.

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2009 (13)

Hurst, Rachel. Review of Through Lover’s Lane: L.M. Montgomery’s Photography and Visual Imagination, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. Canadian Woman Studies / Les cahiers de la femme 27, no. 1 (2009): 176–77. https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/23187.

Frever, Trinna S. Review of Through Lover’s Lane: L.M. Montgomery’s Photography and Visual Imagination, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. The Lion and the Unicorn 33, no. 1 (January 2009): 111–14. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.0.0439.

Bienert, Margaret. Review of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. The Lion and the Unicorn 33, no. 1 (January 2009): 115–16. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.0.0448.

Jones, R.E. Review of Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L.M. Montgomery and Her Literary Classic, by Irene Gammel. Choice 46, no. 6 (February 2009): 1096. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.46-3104.

Fleishhacker, Joy. Review of Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Deirdre Kessler, illustrated by David Preston Smith. School Library Journal (New York), February 2009, 80.

Oosterom, Nelle. “Inspired Escapes.” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio. The Beaver (Toronto), April–May 2009, 46–47.

Gray, B. Allison. Review of Anne of Green Gables (audiobook), by L.M. Montgomery. School Library Journal (New York), April 2009, 57.

Somers, Sean. “Centenary Complexities.” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio; Storm and Dissonance: L.M. Montgomery and Conflict, edited by Jean Mitchell. Canadian Literature 202 (Autumn 2009): 130–32.

Comacchio, Cynthia. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio. Ontario History 101, no. 2 (Autumn 2009): 261–62. https://doi.org/10.7202/1065626ar.

Stowell, T.L. Review of 100 Years of Anne with an “E”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. Choice 47, no. 2 (October 2009). https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.47-0107.

Gammel, Irene. “The Daughters of Lucy Maud.” Review of L.M. Montgomery, by Jane Urquhart. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 14 November 2009, F12.

MacDonald, Heidi. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio. The Canadian Historical Review 90, no. 4 (December 2009): 794–96. https://doi.org/10.1353/can.0.0220.

Clare, Kerry. Review of The Blythes Are Quoted, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; L.M. Montgomery, by Jane Urquhart. Quill and Quire (Toronto), December 2009, 23–24. https://quillandquire.com/review/the-blythes-are-quoted/.

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2010 (11)

Mattisson, Jane. Review of 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. British Journal of Canadian Studies 23, no. 1 (2010): 141–42.

Howey, Ann F.Anne of Green Gables: Criticism after a Century.” Review of Storm and Dissonance: L.M. Montgomery and Conflict, edited by Jean Mitchell; 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. Children’s Literature 38 (2010): 249–53.

Miller, Kathleen A. “The Magic of L.M. Montgomery: Her Life and Works.” Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio; Magic Island: The Fictions of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Waterston. Children’s Literature 38 (2010): 254–59.

Phillips, Anne K. Review of 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. The Lion and the Unicorn 34, no. 1 (January 2010): 113–18. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.0.0483.

Mackey, Margaret. Review of Magic Island: The Fictions of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Waterston; 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 35, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 101–5. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.0.1945.

Miller, Kathleen A. Review of 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 29, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 212–14.

Clement, Lesley D. Review of Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre. English Studies in Canada 36, no. 2–3 (June–September 2010): 216–21. https://doi.org/10.1353/esc.2010.0008.

Somers, Sean. “Imagination Generated Imagery.” Review of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; 100 Years of Anne with an “e”: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Holly Blackford. Canadian Literature 205 (Summer 2010): 158–59.

Thomas, Christa Zeller. “Probing Montgomery’s Magic.” Review of Magic Island: The Fictions of L.M. Montgomery, by Elizabeth Waterston. Canadian Literature 205 (Summer 2010): 194–95.

Katz, Bernard. Review of A Collector’s Guide to L.M. Montgomery Firsts, by Frank Lechowick and Juanita Lechowick. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada 48, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 309–12. https://doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v48i2.21917.

Mackey, Margaret. Review of L.M. Montgomery, by Jane Urquhart. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2010, 62.

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2011 (4)

Coons, Philip. Review of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings, by Mary Henley Rubio. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation 12, no. 5 (2011): 585–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2011.603119.

Mattisson, Jane. Review of Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre. CANTEXT: The Newsletter of the BACS Literature Group 13, no. 2 (June 2011): 6.

Saunders, Sean M. “Anne Shirley’s New Reach.” Review of Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre. Canadian Literature 209 (Summer 2011): 157–59. https://canlit.ca/article/anne-shirleys-new-reach/.

Beran, Carol L. Review of Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre. American Review of Canadian Studies 41, no. 4 (December 2011): 501–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2011.623393.

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2013 (2)

Phillips, Anne K. Review of Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre. Children’s Literature 41 (2013): 277–82. https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2013.0020.

Emsley, Sarah. Review of Anne around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic, edited by Jane Ledwell and Jean Mitchell. Atlantic Books Today (Halifax), Fall 2013, 33.

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2014 (5)

Dominguez, D.V. Review of Anne around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic, edited by Jane Ledwell and Jean Mitchell. Choice 41, no. 4 (January 2014): 830. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.51-2508.

Norris, Laurie Glenn. “Clippings and Context.” Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB), 18 January 2014, F6.

Ketcheson, Ann. Review of Anne et la maison aux pignons verts, by Lucy Maude [sic] Montgomery, adapted by Anne Rooney, translated by André Gagnon, illustrated by Catherine Collingridge. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), June 2014, 36.

Rosenberg, Teya. Review of Anne around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic, edited by Jane Ledwell and Jean Mitchell. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 39, no. 4 (Winter 2014): 581–83. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2014.0066.

Garner, Barbara Carman. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 39, no. 4 (Winter 2014): 583–86. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2014.0064.

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2015 (6)

Galletly, Sarah. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. British Journal of Canadian Studies 28, no. 1 (2015): 139. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2015.7.

Furlong, Anne. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. University of Toronto Quarterly 84, no. 3 (Spring 2015): 252–53. https://doi.org/10.3138/utq.84.3.252.

Gammel, Irene. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Times Literary Supplement (London), 17 April 2015, 26.

Narbonne, André. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. American Review of Canadian Studies 45, no. 2 (June 2015): 249–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2015.1045200.

Hart, Aoife Assumpta. “The Heroine’s Audience.” Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Canadian Literature 226 (Autumn 2015): 134–35. https://canlit.ca/article/the-heroines-audience/.

Narbonne, André. Review of The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery’s Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. American Review of Canadian Studies 45, no. 4 (December 2015): 534–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2015.1123403.

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2016 (4)

Galletly, Sarah. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. British Journal of Canadian Studies 29, no. 2 (2016): 295–96. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2016.13.

Nisenson, Jason. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada 54, no. 1–2 (Spring–Fall 2016): 158–61. https://doi.org/10.33137/pbsc.v54i1-2.26848.

Woster, Emily. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. University of Toronto Quarterly 85, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 439–40. https://doi.org/10.3138/utq.85.3.439.

DiGirolomo, Kate. Review of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, directed by John Kent Harrison. School Library Journal (New York), December 2016, 77.

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2017 (14)

Woster, Emily. Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre; The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Children’s Literature 45 (2017): 219–24. https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2017.0020.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. 13 February 2017, 77.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. 1 March 2017.

Ketcheson, Ann. Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 24 March 2017. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol23/no27/maud.html.

Clare, Kerry. Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. Quill and Quire (Toronto), April 2017. https://quillandquire.com/review/maud-a-novel-inspired-by-the-life-of-l-m-montgomery/.

Pennell, Victoria. Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), April 2017, 29.

Kazan, Melissa. Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. School Library Journal (New York), April 2017, 146.

Grittani, Erin. Review of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Melanie J. Fishbane. Canadian Children’s Book News (Toronto), Summer 2017, 26.

Gerson, Carole. “Maud’s Darkening Gables.” Review of L.M. Montgomery’s Complete Journals: The Ontario Years, 1911–1917, edited by Jen Rubio; L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. Literary Review of Canada (Toronto), July–August 2017, 26–27. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2017/07/mauds-darkening-gables/.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, adapted by Mariah Marsden, illustrated by Brenna Thummler. 14 August 2017, 83.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, adapted by Mariah Marsden, illustrated by Brenna Thummler. 15 August 2017.

Elder, Jo-Anne. “Êtes-vous bilingue? A Growing Interest in Publishing Translations of Beloved Children’s Books.” Review of Rideau rouge et pignons vests: L’histoire vraie de Gracie et Glenda, by Michel Bourque, illustrated by Jean-Luc Trudel; Meet Me at Green Gables: The True Story of Gracie and Glenda, by Michel Bourque, illustrated by Jean-Luc Trudel; The Fox and the Fisherman, by Marianne Dumas; Le pêcheur et le renard, by Marianne Dumas. Atlantic Books Today (Halifax), Fall 2017, 46–49.

Wildsmith, Snow. Review of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, adapted by Mariah Marsden, illustrated by Brenna Thummler. Booklist (Chicago), 15 October 2017, 34.

Conrad, Margaret. “Words of One’s Own: Women’s Studies, Diaries and Letters Offer Fresh Perspectives on Herstory.” Review of “I Wish to Keep a Record”: Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick Women Diarists and Their World, by Gail G. Campbell; Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen, by Sheila Johnson Kindred; L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. Atlantic Books Today (Halifax), Winter 2017–2018, 33–36.

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2018 (28)

Gray, B. Allison. Review of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars, directed by John Kent Harrison. School Library Journal (New York), February 2018, 41.

Gordon, Neta. Review of L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. The Canadian Historical Review 99, no. 1 (March 2018): 132–34. https://doi.org/10.3138/chr.99.1.br09.

Baxter, Gisèle M. “Various Canadiana.” Review of Nature, Place, and Story: Rethinking Historic Sites in Canada, by Claire Elizabeth Campbell; William Hutt: Soldier Actor, by Keith Garebian; L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. Canadian Literature 236 (Spring 2018): 129–30. https://canlit.ca/article/various-canadiana/.

Kertzer, Adrienne. Review of L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 43, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 107–9. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2018.0009.

Latta, Ruth. Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 30 March 2018. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol24/no29/houseofdreams.html.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. 1 April 2018.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. 23 April 2018, 91.

Jenkinson, Dave. Review of Anne’s Colors, by Kelly Hill; Anne’s Numbers, by Kelly Hill. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 27 April 2018. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol24/no33/annes.html.

DiGirolomo, Kate. Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. School Library Journal (New York), May 2018, 122+.

Hyzy, Biz. Review of The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables: The Enchanting Island That Inspired L.M. Montgomery, by Catherine Reid. Booklist (Chicago), 15 May 2018, 12.

Coats, Karen. Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Chicago), June 2018, 444. https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2018.0451.

Fishbane, Melanie. Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. Quill and Quire (Toronto), June 2018, 27. https://quillandquire.com/review/house-of-dreams-the-life-of-l-m-montgomery/.

Griffioen, Nikita. Review of Goodnight, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 8 June 2018. https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol24/no39/goodnightanne.html.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne Arrives, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. 15 July 2018.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Goodnight, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. 15 July 2018.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy. 15 August 2018.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Goodnight, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. School Library Journal (New York), September 2018, 90+.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Anne Arrives, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. School Library Journal (New York), September 2018, 100.

Hyzy, Biz. Review of Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy. Booklist (Chicago), 15 September 2018, 33–34.

Hyzy, Biz. Review of Anne Arrives, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Booklist (Chicago), 15 September 2018, 62.

Doucet, Lisa, and Jo-Anne Elder. Review of Summer in the Land of Anne, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, illustrated by Carolyn M. Epperly. Atlantic Books Today (Halifax), Fall 2018, 37–38.

Flax, Shoshana. Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery, by Liz Rosenberg. The Horn Book Guide 29, no. 2 (Fall 2018): 194.

Lang, Isobel. Review of Goodnight, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2018, 4.

Rowlinson, Nicole. Review of Anne Arrives, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2018, 12.

Heaney, Ellen. Review of Summer in the Land of Anne, by Elizabeth R. Epperly, illustrated by Carolyn M. Epperly. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 12 October 2018. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/179.

Heaney, Ellen. Review of Meet Me at Green Gables: The True Story of Gracie and Glenda, by Michel Bourque, illustrated by Jean-Luc Trudel. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 19 October 2018. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/201.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy. School Library Journal (New York), November 2018, 81+.

Boudreau, Tanya. Review of Summer in the Land of Anne, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, illustrated by Carolyn Epperly. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), December 2018, 4.

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2019 (13)

Lang, Isobel. Review of Meet Me at Green Gables: The True Story of Gracie and Glenda, by Michel Bourque, illustrated by Jean-Luc Trudel. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), February 2019, 3.

Garstad, Roxy. Review of Anne’s Kindred Spirits, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 15 March 2019. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/615.

McKenzie, Andrea. Review of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), edited by Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell. The Lion and the Unicorn 43, no. 2 (April 2019): 309–11. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.2019.0024.

Rowlinson, Nicole. Review of Anne’s Kindred Spirits, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), April 2019, 10.

Jenkinson, Dave. Review of Anne’s Alphabet, by Kelly Hill. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 19 April 2019. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/696.

Jenkinson, Dave. Review of Anne’s Feelings, by Kelly Hill. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 19 April 2019. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/697.

O’Leary, Casey. Review of Anne’s Kindred Spirits, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. School Library Journal (New York), May 2019, 90.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne’s Feelings, by Kelly Hill. 15 June 2019.

Carter, Jaclyn. Review of L.M. Montgomery and War, edited by Andrea McKenzie and Jane Ledwell. University of Toronto Quarterly 88, no. 3 (Summer 2019): 179–81. https://doi.org/10.3138/utq.88.3.hr48.

Campbell, Claire. Review of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), edited by Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell. American Review of Canadian Studies 49, no. 3 (July 2019): 466–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2019.1653686.

Boudreau, Tanya. Review of Anne’s Alphabet, by Kelly Hill. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2019, 9.

Boudreau, Tanya. Review of Anne’s Feelings, by Kelly Hill. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2019, 9.

Ketcheson, Ann. Review of Anne . . . la maison aux pignons verts : La bande dessinée, by Mariah Marsden, illustrated by Brenna Thummler, translated by Sabrina Meunier. Resource Links (Punch Cove, NL), October 2019, 49.

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2020 (9)

McGregor, Hannah. “The End of Popular Women’s Writing.” Review of The Next Instalment: Serials, Sequels, and Adaptations of Nellie L. McClung, L.M. Montgomery, and Mazo de la Roche, by Wendy Roy. Canadian Literature 241 (2020): 163–64. https://canlit.ca/article/the-end-of-popular-womens-writing/.

Varpalotai, Aniko. Review of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), edited by Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell. Canadian Woman Studies / Les cahiers de la femme 34, no. 1–2 (2020): 186–87. https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/37844.

Latta, Ruth. Review of Imagining Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Island Scrapbooks, by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 14 February 2020. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/1373.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of If I Couldn’t Be Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. 15 March 2020.

Whitehurst, Lucinda. Review of If I Couldn’t Be Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. Booklist (Chicago), 1 May 2020, 60.

Hunter, Emma. Review of If I Couldn’t Be Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. Canadian Children’s Book News (Toronto), Summer 2020, 36.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Crystal S. Chan. 1 September 2020.

Griffioen, Nikita. Review of If I Couldn’t Be Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 13 November 2020. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/1927.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, adapted by Crystal S. Chan. School Library Journal (New York), December 2020, 94+.

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2021 (8)

Johanningsmeier, C. Review of The Next Instalment: Serials, Sequels, and Adaptations of Nellie L. McClung, L.M. Montgomery, and Mazo de la Roche, by Wendy Roy. Choice 58, no. 8 (April 2021).

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Anne of Manhattan, by Brina Starler. 12 April 2021, 58–59.

Pentland, Courtney. Review of Anne of Manhattan, by Brina Starler. Library Journal (New York), June 2021, 80.

Hrycewicz, Sharon. Review of Anne of Manhattan (audiobook), by Brina Starler, read by Carly Robins. Booklist (Chicago), 1–15 June 2021, 91.

Garstad, Roxy. Review of Anne’s School Days, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 24 September 2021. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/2487.

Gammel, Irene. “Kindred Spirits: A World Where There Are Octobers.” Review of Anne’s Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables, by Eri Muraoka, translated by Cathy Hirano. Literary Review of Canada (Toronto), October 2021. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2021/10/kindred-spirits/.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Merry Christmas, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. School Library Journal (New York), November 2021, 48.

Garstad, Roxy. Review of Merry Christmas, Anne, by Kallie George, illustrated by Geneviève Godbout. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 12 November 2021. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/2613.

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2022 (16)

Gammel, Irene, and Jaclyn Marcus. “A Labour of Love.” Review of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Canadian Literature 248 (2022): 189–91. https://canlit.ca/article/a-labour-of-love/.

Schuck, Elena. Review of Anne’s Tragical Tea Party, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. School Library Journal (New York), January 2022, 67.

Lawrence, Heidi A. Review of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), edited by Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell. International Research in Children’s Literature 15, no. 1 (February 2022): 98–100. https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2022.0435.

Diaz, Shelley M. Review of Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables, by Ivy Noelle Weir, illustrated by Myisha Haynes. School Library Journal (New York), April 2022, 142.

Rogers, Raphael. Review of Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables, by Ivy Noelle Weir, illustrated by Myisha Haynes. Booklist (Chicago), 15 April 2022, 35.

Garstad, Roxy. Review of Anne’s Tragical Tea Party, by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 20 May 2022. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/2974.

Humes, Holly Blackford. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Gender, edited by E. Holly Pike and Laura M. Robinson. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 47, no. 2 (Summer 2022): 228–30. https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2022.0020.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne of Greenville, by Mariko Tamaki. 1 August 2022.

Publishers Weekly (New York). Review of Anne of Greenville, by Mariko Tamaki. 22 August 2022, 73.

Tucker, Aaren. Review of Anne of Greenville, by Mariko Tamaki. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Chicago), September 2022, 29. https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2022.0432.

Reagan, Maggie. Review of Anne of Greenville, by Mariko Tamaki. Booklist (Chicago), 15 September 2022, 62.

Kirkus Reviews (New York). Review of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of), by Kathleen Gros. 15 September 2022.

Toledo, Amanda. Review of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of), by Kathleen Gros. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Chicago), November 2022, 87. https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2022.0522.

Gardner, Kim. Review of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of), by Kathleen Gros. School Library Journal (New York), December 2022, 86+.

Stieglitz, Tara. Review of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of), by Kathleen Gros. CM: Canadian Review of Materials (Winnipeg), 9 December 2022. https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/3287.

Rose, Jessica. Review of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of), by Kathleen Gros. Canadian Children’s Book News (Toronto), Winter 2022–2023, 28–29.

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2023 (6)

Howey, Ann F. Review of L.M. Montgomery and Gender, edited by E. Holly Pike and Laura M. Robinson. Children’s Literature 51 (2023): 214–20. https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2023.a898412.

Terry, Tessa. Review of After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Logan Steiner. Booklist (Chicago), 15 April 2023, 24.

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