Wishing couldn't keep Anne of Green Gables fro growing up. Anne's whole world was changing--her childhood friends marrying, Anne herself was leaving the Island for four years of college. But as much as life changed, important things stayed the same--especially spirited, irrepressible Anne.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

"Meet Anne Shirley, the red-headed orphan who can't help getting into trouble. Adapted from L. M. Montgomery's classic story, this delightful picture book will introduce Anne to a new generation"--Back cover.

At bedtime, Anne says goodnight to the people, places, and things that mean the most to her at her home on a Prince Edward Island farm where she lives with an elderly brother and sister.

"In this whimsical and magical picture book, Anne's boundless imagination takes flight! She imagines being all the things she loves so dearly. If I Couldn't Be Anne, Anne with an e, what would I be . . . Anne wonders what it would be like to be the wind dancing round the treetops. A tightrope walker, breathless and brave. A princess in a palace made of apple blossoms. A magical frost fairy or a plain little wood elf. . . . But even as Anne's imagination...