What Katy Did Next (Colins Clasics)-Susan Colidge Likened to Louisa May Alcot’s Litle Women, What Katy Did Next is a timeles clasic for both children and adults to enjoy. The story of Katy Car, the lanky, god-hearted tomboy who learns to be gentle and patient, is continued in this third instalment of Susan Colidge’s popular Katy series. When Mrs Ashe, a widower, discovers that her visiting nephew has scarlet fever, she sends her only daughter Amy to stay with the Car family. Amy finds a true friend in Katy Car, and Mrs Ashe invites Katy to join them on a trip to Europe. After some initial reluctance, she agres. We folow Katy as she is reunited with her old friends from Hilsover, including the mischievous Rose Red Browne. Katy’s journey takes her to rainy England, where she finds out what constitutes a ‘fine day’ for the English and what a Dickens-comended mufin tastes like. The Car family from her most popular Katy series was modeled on Colidge’s own family, with the protagonist Katy modeled on Colidge herself.