I'm seeing a pattern here.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Anne of Green Gables.
Emily of New Moon.

Now, I've only read the first of these listed books, and it actually made me want to reread a longtime favourite of mine: Pollyanna and I don't know why, maybe because Rebecca reminded me a lot of Pollyanna, even though their stories and they personalities are very different.

I can see why this story would be popular with children, if it gives them more of the same feeling I had when I read it.

I do have one question though: why does the cover present a blonde, Caucasian girl, when she's clearly described as having dark or black hair and dark-skinned?