Anne of Green Gables' 100th anniversary celebrated on Prince Edward Island

Tokyo had Godzilla. Beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, has its own creature bent on domination – a pig-tailed, red-haired wonder name Anne.

The book, Anne of Green Gables, long ago launched a tourism industry on the Maritime island. This year, the 100th anniversary of publication, it will be all Anne, all the time.

PEI has events planned all summer long including an Anne-inspired county fair July 3-6, and a Cuthbert “family reunion” on Aug. 17. As always, visitors (especially Anne-crazed Japanese) will flock to the Green Gables farmhouse in Cavendish that inspired author Lucy Maud Montgomery a century ago.

What’s a celebration without a web site? Surf over to learn the history of the plucky orphan, and download projects and coloring books for kids. But no dyeing your hair green. We all remember how that turned out!