Susan McAliley
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where a fight spoils the preparations for the Thanksgiving pageant.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
All winter Felicity has waited to go to the Williamsburg town fair, but her foolhardy actions in trying to feed the race horses spoil the fun and teach her a lesson.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
17) Nellie's promise
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Cole and her best friend, Felicity, are "the merriest girls in Virginia". The merry friends think it's very funny to play tricks on Elizabeth's snobby older sister, Annabelle. When Annabelle Bananabelle becomes engaged, Elizabeth and Felicity's mischief heats up, until Elizabeth finds herself in big trouble!
19) Josefina's song
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1800s, nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, and she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Molly is eager to meet a famous movie star at a War Bond rally, until she cannot find the money that her class had collected to buy a bond. Includes information on movies during World War II and a recipe for popcorn.