02440cam a22003733u 4500 63541 UtSlPG 20260610134449.0 m cr n 260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 78311111 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831 The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2020 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2020-10-24 Produced by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The University of Florida, The Internet Archive/Children's Library) "The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies" is a children's fictional narrative written in the late 18th or early 19th century. The story is crafted to entertain and instruct young readers, particularly young girls, offering moral lessons through the amusing events that befall a sentient pincushion. As such, it is a whimsical exploration of childhood experiences and domestic life. At the start of the story, we meet Mrs. Airy and her two daughters, Martha and Charlotte, who engage in sewing and sibling antics. Martha successfully completes a pincushion, setting the stage for the pincushion's adventures as it narrates its own experiences from a first-person perspective. The opening introduces themes of family relationships, responsibility, and proper behavior, especially for young girls, providing an engaging mix of lightheartedness and moral instruction that characterizes the book's approach to education through storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Temper -- Juvenile fiction Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Orderliness -- Juvenile fiction Pincushions -- Juvenile fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63541 104365 104365