From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:

This afternoon I went shopping with Grandmother. I always get tired going to the stores so today, just to reward me for not whining, Grandmother let me select a book in the Book Department while she was buying curtains. The lady in the book department said that I was a little too young to read it but that it is a book I’ll enjoy my whole life. It is “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott. I love having a book on my shelf waiting for me but I think I will try to read it soon because I know a lot about Louisa May Alcott from my book of famous women. Right now it looks very beautiful on my book shelf.

Hilda told us about the book on famous women in her September 1st entry.