Best Selling Books by Valerie Tripp

Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mam?, especially as Christmas approaches.

"Turning Things Around, the second volume of Kit's classic stories, tells how Kit uses her talents to tackle the challenges brought by the Great Depression"--

Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.

Por lo general los cambios producen ansiedad en las personas. Nos acostumbramos a las situaciones regulares y habituales que nos dan la sensación de que tenemos mayor control sobre lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor. Entonces, cuando algo cambia, nuestro equilibrio se ve amenazado. Josefina y sus hermanas experimentaron un cambio muy difícil cuando su madre murió. Entonces su querida tía Dolores se hizo cargo de las niñas y permaneció con ellas largo tiempo, velando por su bienestar. Ciertamente, tía Dolores hizo desaparecer la incertidumbre y la ansiedad, dándoles a sus sobrinas amor y seguridad. No obstante, el tiempo ha pasado y tía Dolores tiene nuevos planes para su vida: ella ha decidido dejar la casa de sus sobrinas. Entonces, ellas hacen lo posible para que cambie de opinión y siga acompañándolas.

After their Mamâa dies, Mamâa's sister, Tâia Dolores, comes to live on their ranch to help Josefina and her sisters, but as Tâia Dolores starts making changes, Josefina wonders if all these new ideas will make her forger Mamâa.

Izzy and her friends head to an outdoor education weekend where they discover that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to people--and places.

A baby koala and her mother try to find an unoccupied branch in a eucalyptus tree.

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.

A ten-year-old girl discovers the modern delights of turn-of-the-century New York City when she travels there with her grandmother to visit relatives.

Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.

In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her.

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.

"Growing up in the 1950s, nine-year-old Maryellen longs to stand out, but in a family with five brothers and sisters, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle!"--

While spending the summer at Grandmary's home on Goose Lake, Samantha and the twins Agnes and Agatha decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm.

Maryellen strives to invent a flying machine, become famous, and get her sister's wedding off the ground.

"Kit Kittredge has a nose for news--but she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mother's bothersome friends move in with the Kittredges. Then Dad loses his business, and Kit's family could lose their house! Things look hopeless, but a clever idea might let her family keep their home. Can Kit help pull it off?"--

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tía Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.

Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.