Pollyanna (Georgina Terry) teaches Nancy (Kate Ashfield) how to play the “Glad Game." The object of the game is to find something to be glad about in anything, no matter how unfortunate.

Her "glad game" goes beyond simple positive thinking. Pollyanna isn't always cheerful; she cries over disappointments large and small, and initially refuses to play the game when she suffers a ...

Take a turn at your own game of Pollyanna and be glad! Be glad that diseases can be cured and broken legs can be mended, and little girls can grow up believing they are strong enough to do anything.

Luckily, Pollyanna’s father had prepared her for adversity, teaching her to play the Glad Game. The challenge was to find something in every situation to be glad about, and the cheery Pollyanna ...

Pollyanna Whittier, inventor of the famed “glad game” (which consists of picking out silver linings for all the blackest clouds), marries Jimmy Pendleton in Chapter One and becomes forthwith ...

Before dying, Pollyanna’s father makes her promise him that she won’t succumb to grief, that she’ll play their little game and find a way to be glad.

outlook Pollyanna calls the "Glad Game," a technique she was taught by her missionary dad when she was desperately hoping for a doll and received instead a pair of crutches.

She was cute, she was cheerful, and she was famous for the creation of "the glad game." But today her name is synonymous with optimism — to a fault. Liane Hansen explores the roots of Pollyanna ...

Pollyanna made her bleak surroundings better by teaching everyone around her the "Glad Game," finding something to be grateful for no matter how negative the situation looked.

Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game,” an optimistic and positive attitude she learned from her father.