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This companion book to the Felicity series features Felicity''s best friend, Elizabeth Cole, an English girl from a prominent Loyalist family. The girls'' favorite pastime is teasing Elizabeth''s annoying sister, Annabelle. When Annabelle becomes engaged, Felicity and Elizabeth prove that they are the merriest mischief-makers in Virginia. The book includes a nonfiction "Looking Back" essay focusing on courtship and marriage customs of the eighteenth century.

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.

The Penguins tire of their black and white world and decide to make things more colorful.

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.

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

A young English girl comes to stay with Molly''s family.

"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.

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.

Moly 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. Includes a section on women pilots in the armed services, and a project related to the story.

Summer on Grandfather''s plantation next to the York River is heaven for Felicity. One day she finds a secret note and it is a cry for help. Felicity plunges into a dangerous adventure.

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.

"Ruthie, the beloved best friend of Kit Kittredge, tries to find a way to help the family when she learns that they may be evicted from their house"--Publisher description.

Emerson learns that taking care of a chick isn''t easy after Queen Ruby''s first egg hatches.

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.

The WellieWishers are putting on a theatrical show, and because the girls are each full of good ideas, Emerson will work with each of her friends to make their show happen.

When the other Wellie Wishers see how much Camille misses living by the sea, they plot to turn their garden into an ocean. -- provided by publisher.

The Wellie Wishers go camping, but when they arrive at the campsite, they discover they are missing some key items.

Spring has sprung in the garden, and the WellieWishers want to throw a party. But then they discover that the garden is a mess! The flowerbeds are weedy, the pond is mucky, and the swing is broken. Will they be able to clean up the garden in time for a party? Unexpectedly, the girls discover a new power -- and a new friend!

Josefina''s six-book series is bound in one beautiful hardcover volume. Set in 1824, each story reveals more of this caring girl growing up on her family''s "rancho" in New Mexico. The cover features rich illustrations, foil detail, and die-cut windows that offer a peek at the full-color illustrations inside.

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.