Other editions of book Thee, Hannah

Catch a glimpse of pre-Civil War Quaker life as Hannah and her family go to Meeting and to market, host a gathering of Friends, and enjoy ice skating and other pastimes. Nine-year-old Hannah finds it hard to wear a plain bonnet that pinches her ears and a plain dress with no lace! Will Hannah ever understand the value of plain dress and learn to be content as a Friend?

Thee, Hannah, thee Sally, are you still talking? The little girls held their breath and made no answer. Every night before going to sleep they played a game of making believe they were fashionable ladies shopping. It was always for flowered bonnets and red satin that rustled that the little Quaker girls asked the pretend shopkeeper. But to Hannah these fine clothes were not only a part of a bedtime game. All the day long, too, in her heart was the wish that their dull grey dress was a bright colored silk and her plain heavy scoop bonnet was a beribboned one like Cecily's, the little girl next door who went to Old Saint Peter's instead of Quaker meeting. This story of Hannah is a delightful picture of the happy simple life of a family of Friends living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War.