Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of childrenās literature, with the title characterās name becoming a popular term for someone with the same very optimistic outlook: a subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Eleven more Pollyanna sequels, known as āGlad Booksā, were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. Further sequels followed, including Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Reece, published in 1997.
āThe power of joyful thinkingā
āEnchanting sweet, loved every single minuteā