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Changes for Molly: A Winter Story
Valerie Tripp
Paperback (Scholastic, July 6, 1992)Molly's excitement at performing in a big show is exceeded only by the announcement that her father is returning home from the war.
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Samantha learns a lesson: A school story
Susan S Adler
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, Aug. 16, 1986)When nine-year-old Nellie begins to attend school, Samantha determines to help her with her schoolwork and learns a great deal herself about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory.
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Molly learns a lesson: A school story
Valerie Tripp
Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 1991)Book 2, 19, 44.
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Kirsten learns a lesson: A school story
Janet Beeler Shaw
Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 1991)Kirsten starts school in America, but she doesn't speak English very well. Miss Winston, her new teacher, is strict and not very understanding. Things get worse when Miss Winston comes to live with the Larson family. Kirsten's only escape is playing with her secret friend, Singing Bird. When Singing Bird suggests running away forever, Kirsten must decide where she belongs. Kirsten does learn some important lessons in school, but she learns something even more important about herself.
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Kirsten's surprise: A Christmas story
Janet Beeler Shaw
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, Jan. 1, 1986)Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota.
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Happy birthday, Samantha!: A springtime story
Valerie Tripp
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, Aug. 16, 1987)When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.
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Molly learns a lesson: A school story
Valerie Tripp
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, Aug. 16, 1986)Molly is determined that the third-grade girls will win her school's Lend-a-Hand Contest to help the war effort. When they choose an idea that Molly knows will never work, she talks two friends into doing their own secret project. But the project turns out to be harder than Molly expected. Worried that it might not win after all, Molly decides to spy on the other girls to see how they are doing. When Molly and her friends get caught peeking in a window, they learn some important lessons.
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Meet Addy: An American Girl
Connie Porter
Library Binding (Demco Media, Sept. 1, 1993)In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
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Kirsten saves the day: A summer story
Janet Beeler Shaw
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, July 6, 1988)Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
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Meet Samantha, an American girl
Susan S Adler
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, March 15, 1986)In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
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Samantha's surprise: A Christmas story
Maxine Schur
Hardcover (Pleasant Co, March 15, 1986)The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.
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Happy Birthday, Molly: A Springtime Story
Valerie Tripp, Nick Backes
Hardcover (Pleasant Co Pubns, June 6, 1989)When an English girl comes to stay at Molly's during World War II, she and Molly learn to bridge their differences and ultimately enjoy a wonderful, mutual birthday party.