Valerie Tripp
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A shaggy dog shows up in the WellieWishers winter garden and they name him Mr. E, but when Mr. E suddenly goes missing the girls are worried and go on a search for him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Ta̕ Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
66 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
70 p. : ill. ; 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
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
91 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Wellie Wishers organize a carnival, but when Ashlyn refuses to come, her friends must find a way to convince her to give it a try.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
61 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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 Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
71 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
65 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer at Grandmary's summer home on Goose Lake, Samantha and her twin cousins decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustration ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kit's family has to take in boarders, it seems as if they may be able to keep their house although her father lost his business, but the changes put a strain on Kit's friendship with Ruthie, especially as Kit spends her days helping cranky Uncle Hendrick.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
67 p. : col. ill. ; 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.
15) Lost and found
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Samantha's Uncle Gard got married to Cornelia which means she gets to spend time with Cornelia's 10-year-old twin sisters. They go on adventures but they become dangerous and they learn something about Samantha's past. Samantha's friend Nellie and her sisters get in trouble which means Samantha must save them.
17) Nellie's promise
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being orphaned, Nellie and her two younger sisters find hope when Samantha's family in New York City wants to adopt the girls, but when Uncle Mike shows up and threatens to ruin it all, Nellie must find a way to keep her promise to her dying mother without losing her new family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
69 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina discovers that she has a gift for healing when she tends an orphaned baby goat, finds the courage and creativity to mend her family's broken trust in an americano trader, and seeks to keep her family whole and happy when Tia Dolores plans to leave.