Little Margery Meanwell, orphaned and so poor she owns a single shoe, is overjoyed to be given a pair and earns the nickname that has stuck ever since. She teaches herself to read, goes from house to house teaching other children with wooden letters, and becomes a village schoolmistress whose animals help keep the classroom in order.
This facsimile of the 1766 Newbery edition, sometimes attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, preserves one of the first great English children’s books. Download the free EPUB.