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Books in The American Girls Collection series

  • Molly: An American Girl : 1944

    Valerie Tripp

    Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 1990)
    Molly has a feud with her brother, helps the war effort, celebrates Christmas without her father, meets an English girl, fights in a camp war, and awaits her father's return from overseas
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  • Kirsten: An American Girl : 1854

    Janet Beeler Shaw

    Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 1990)
    Includes six paperback books in a cardboard slipcase: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday Kirsten, Kirsten Saves the Day and Changes for Kirsten.
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  • Welcome to Felicity's World, 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America

    Pleasant Company, Camela Decaire, Jodi Evert, Catherine Gourley, Jamie Young, David Henderson

    Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Through the eyes of nine-year-old Felicity Merriman, provides an in-depth look at daily life and historical events in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, including home life, work, medicine, and play.
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  • Kirsten's Surprise

    Janet Shaw

    Paperback (American Girl, March 1, 1988)
    Kirsten and her family will be celebrating their first Christmas in America. Kirsten wants to keep some of their old Swedish traditions alive in the new country, so she secretly plans a Saint Lucia celebration. But everything depends on a trip to town with Papa, and he's too busy to leave the farm. At last they go--and get caught in a terrible blizzard. It's up to Kirsten to keep herself and Papa safe through the night. When she finally gets home, the candles in the little cabin glow with a special holiday warmth.
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  • Josefina an American Girl

    Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan McAliley

    Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Josefina tries to help run the household, learns to read and write, participates in Las Posadas at Christmastime, helps a friend who was bitten by a snake, makes an important deal with an American trader, and tries to change her aunt's mind about leaving the ranch.Josefina tries to help run the household, learns to read and write, celebrates Christmas, helps a friend with snakebite, makes a deal with an American, and tries to change her aunt's mind about leaving the ranch
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  • Happy birthday, Felicity!: A springtime story

    Valerie Tripp

    Paperback (Pleasant Co, Aug. 16, 1992)
    As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
  • Molly Story Collection

    Valerie Tripp, Nick Backes, Keith Skeen

    Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Aug. 6, 2008)
    Girls can enjoy all six beloved Molly stories in one keepsake volume. Set in 1944, each story reveals more of this patriotic girl growing up on the home front during World War Two. The richly illustrated hardcover offers a glimpse into Molly's world. Inside, this book features even more full-color illustrations and words of inspiration that will delight girls who love Molly.
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  • Really Truly Ruthie

    Valerie Tripp

    Paperback (American Girl, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Ruthie Smithens, a girl who believes in fairy tales and happy endings, would do almost anything to help her best friend, Kit Kittredge, whose family has been hard hit by the Depression. But Ruthie has learned the hard way that offers of help, even between friends, are tricky. When Ruthie finds out some bad news about the Kittredges' house while at her father's bank, she has to find a way to help the Kittredges reach Kit's Aunt Millie, so that there can be at least the chance of a happy ending!
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  • Kit's Story Collection

    Valerie Tripp, Walter Rane

    Hardcover (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2005)
    In Cincinnati in 1934, Kit Kittredge and her family face the challenges of living through the Great Depression.
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  • Changes for Addy: A winter story

    Connie Rose Porter

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 15, 1996)
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  • Kit's Story Collection

    Valerie Tripp, Walter Rane

    Hardcover (Amer Girl, Sept. 16, 2004)
    Girls can enjoy all six beloved Kit stories in one keepsake volume. Set in 1934, each story reveals more of this resourceful girl who has bright hopes during the dark days of the Great Depression. The richly illustrated hardcover offers a glimpse into Kit's world. Inside, this book features even more full-color illustrations and words of inspiration that will delight girls who love Kit.
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  • Meet Felicity

    Valerie Tripp, Dan Andreasen

    Paperback (American Girl, Sept. 1, 1991)
    Felicity falls in love with a beautiful horse named Penny. When she discovers that the owner is cruel, she is determined to find a way to save Penny.
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