New Releases by Valerie Tripp

Connor and Logan have no trouble sharing a red toy car during recess until Logan decides to play with it in the mud and neat Connor determines to hide the vehicle from his messy classmate.

Nellie O''Malley finally has a home again with Samantha''s family in New York City.

Gwen learns that good sports are the most winning players of all. Includes parent-child activities. Full color.

When to share and when not to share.

Ten-year-old Kit dreams of having a special tree house someday, but she is disappointed with the one her father and her friend build for her. Includes note on housing during the Depression and a related craft activity.

In 1824 New Mexico, Josefina and her sisters argue as they weave, until Josefina thinks of a way to make their work more fun. Includes historical notes on blanket weaving in New Mexico in 1824 and instructions for dyeing a t-shirt.

Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too.

Skylar is very bright and does well in school, except that she has a hard time staying in her seat and waiting to be called on, but a special starry project shows her that she can change.

Skylar, a very bright little girl, does not have a problem with school work, but she does have a lot of trouble sitting quietly in her seat, until an art project disaster teaches her she has the ability to change.

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.

Nine-year-old Josefina lives on a ranch in New Mexico in 1824.

In 1933 Cincinnati, Kit is an enthusiastic baseball player whose home run slide has surprising consequences. Includes historical notes on major league baseball and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and provides ideas for decorating a baseball cap.

In 1904, when ten-year-old Samantha has trouble riding her new bicycle, her grandmother offers a surprising solution. Includes notes on the history of bicycles and bicycling.

A collection of stories about a girl named Kit, a clever and resourceful girl who faces the Great Depression with spirit and determination.

Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. American Girls Collection/Kit #6.

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.

Kit doesn''t like her cranky Uncle Hendrick, until he unwittingly gives Kit a great idea that gives her and her family hope for the future.

All winter Felicity has waited to go to the Williamsburg town fair, but her foolhardy actions in trying to feed the race horses spoil the fun and teach her a lesson.

Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.

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.

In the early 1800s, nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, and she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.

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.

The Depression hits and nine year-old Kit writes her own newspaper stories.

While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween, and soon they''ve started a war of their own.

When Cornelia''s veil is ruined on the day of her wedding ceremony in 1904, nine-year-old Samantha comes to the rescue. Includes information on wedding customs in the early 1900s and instructions for making a bridesmaid bouquet. Full color.

Reward for Josefina-When the entire family goes into the hills to collect piñon nuts, Josefina hopes to find the most in order to make Tía Dolores proud of her.

Nine-year-old Josefina lives on a ranch in New Mexico in 1824.

When Samantha planned a party, she never planned on leaving her best friend, Nellie, out. In Samantha''s Winter Party, Samantha and her friends plan a party with a gift exchange. But Nellie can''t afford to buy presents. Find out how Nellie manages to surprise them anyway!

Molly feels that everything in her life has changed when her father goes off to England to help wounded soldiers and her beloved aunt joins the Women''s Airforce Service Pilots.

"Josefina is pleased and proud when her godmother, T''a Magdalena, asks for her help with springtime chores. T''a Magdalena is a respected healer in the village, and Josefina hopes to become a healer just like her someday. Then one day at T''a Magdalena''s house, Josefina makes an awful mistake that shatters her hopes. She''s sure T''a Magdalena will never teach her now! But when Josefina visits her Pueblo Indian friend Mariana, a terrifying adventure shows her just how much she''s already learned." --Amazon.