I had the paper dolls I watched the old film version with my grandmother and my love affair with the book will never end. I’ve read it dozens of times over the years identifying with a different character as I grew, but never falling less in love with the words. “I have been a voracious reader since I first began to string together sentences with ‘Dick and Jane.’ ‘Little Women’ was a beloved stop on my journey with books. L-R: Jen Morris as Amy, Hilary Williams as Jo (stand in), Tim Abou-Nasr as Laurie, Leanne Hill Carlson as Meg and Carly Schneider as Beth