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Meet Kit, an American girl

When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness.

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Main Author: Tripp, Valerie, 1951-
Other Authors: Rane, Walter (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Middleton, Wis. : Pleasant Co. Publications, 2000.
Series:American Girl collection
Subjects:
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness.
Item Description:First in a series of six books about Kit.
Physical Description:68 p.: ill.
ISBN:1584850175 (hc.)
1584850167 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating educational materials for major publishers.

In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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