Road to Avonlea was based on one of Lucy Maud Montgomery's favorite characters, Sara Stanley, The Story Girl.

Using tales from the books, "The Story Girl", "The Golden Road", "The Chronicles of Avonlea" and "The Further of Chronicles of Avonlea", Sullivan Entertainment created a family show like no other and  gave us 7 wonderful seasons with the stories of the families and characters living in the small Prince Edward Island town known as Avonlea.

Road to Avonlea Chapter books

The award-winning, internationally acclaimed Road to Avonlea series ran on television for eight years.  The books relating to this series have been out of print for over five years and just about impossible to find.   Island Flower has limited amounts of 6 different titles. 

Each of these young reader chapter books is about 122 pages long and corresponds to one TV episode from the first season. Each book includes several pages of black and white photos from the episode.

Rachel Lynde's toothache, which she firmly believes will kill her, soon becomes the least of her woes, as Marilla offers Green Gables as home to two adorable but rambunctious orphans. To make matters even worse, intrepid journalist Olivia King, with Sara's assistance, uncovers a youthful romance that Rachel has kept secret for over 25 years.

Sara Stanley's life is turned upside down when her adored father is threatened with financial ruin. To protect her from scandal during this crisis, he determines to send her and her Nanny Louisa from their Montreal mansion to Prince Edward Island--her late mother's birthplace, and home to a family she has never known. Thus begins Sara's journey, on the road to Avonlea.

Avonlea is star-struck when Pigeon Plumtree, world-renowned actress and Sara's cousin, sweeps into town. But the stars are crossed as pig farmer Pat Frewen tries to win Pigeon's heart instead of Theodora Dixon's, making Sara a confused Cupid. How will the curtain come down on Avonlea's longest running romance?

After more than thirty years, who should Return to Avonlea but Aunt Hetty's old flame, Romney Penhallow--and it seems he's back to win her heart again! As the whole town cheerfully observes Romney's wooing, the fortress of Hetty's pride seems to be crumbling. Could Avonlea's prim and proper schoolmarm really be falling in love?

A new school mandate has all the Avonlea kids out of the schoolhouse door and onto the ice. However, the townsfolk's love of hockey is quickly surpassed by a variety of feuds and spats between just about everyone, all of which will be settled in one exciting game.

When Sara Stanley and Jo Pitts meet, Felix King does a double take. "You two could be twins!" he says. But Felix's innocent observation brings a mischievous glint to Sara's eyes. Desperate to escape the clutches of her overbearing Aunt Hetty, Sara convinces Jo, a street wise orphan, to switch places with her. Meanwhile, Sara gets Gus Pike to take her to the mainland--leaving a confused Hetty to deal with the uncontrollable new Sara Stanley. But the plan backfires. When Gus suddenly disappears, Sara finds herself face-to-face with Jo Pitts' dangerous past. The first of a two-book adventure.