Pollyanna is a best-selling novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (ISBN 9781439297513 ).
The novel's success brought the term Pollyanna (along with the adjective pollyannaish and the noun Pollyannaism ) into the language to describe someone who seems always to be able to find something to be glad about no matter what circumstances arise.
