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Summary: American Girls....Meet Kit!!
Review: Before I read this book I didn't even know there was a great depression! Neither of my grandparents knew anything about the great depression. I knew what hoboes were, but that was about it. Now I know all the details of the great depression. I loved reading about Kit,who is the kind of girl who impersonates Jo, from "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Kit is boyish, loves baseball, books, writing, and anything boys do. Except running around screaming at the top of her lungs because she got an A on her report card. I enjoyed these books and I hope you will too.
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Summary: Helpful youth introduction to the Great Depression
Review: Despite minor historical innacuracies begining with the cover date, this book is a wonderful addition to all young adult fiction collections. Continuing the established tradition of the American Girls collection, this story examines historical events through the eyes of pre-adolescents who lived through ppre-selected times themselves. Remaining underrepresented in our public schools during the supposedly enlightened 21st century, multicultural women's history promotion remains revolutionary for all ages. Although Kit Kittredge and her family admittedly fare okay during the Great Depression, teaching about this same time period (and imagining it) is difficult for many readers to take in because we have directly benefited from many federal and state goverment programs explicitly designed to prevent simmilar conditions. The social programs ultimate effectivity has paradoxically left us unaware of what such conditions were really like and how people survived during these times. Public school American history's tendency to gloss over the disappointing portions and head straight into World War II (however important for it's own reasons) means age-appropriate Great Depression information can be hard to come by. This sittuation disadvantages readers whose relatives are now deceased or unwilling to share their own experiences about this very same time period. To her credit, author Valerie Tripp never pretends the fictional protagonist and her family experience the worst living conditions (this is made quite clear throughout both the initial story and related series)during the 1930's. Hard as the Kittredge's 'new' life is, many other friends and aquaintences experience worse living conditions. Perspective and awareness of the larger world beyond one's self are timless social skills. Having been first introduced to the series when there were only three girls (Kirsten, Samantha and Molly) I can unhesitatingly say I most closely relate to Kit's independence, admiration of famous women such as Amelia Earhart, and journalistic drive.
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Summary: a great addition to the american girls collection
Review: Kit is my favorite American girl. I think in most ways I'm like her. I think she is the serious of all the American girls and has been through very much. She and my Grandparents lived through the same time period, even though they were the same age as her.
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Summary: Another great story, with a lesson
Review: This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Kit Kittredge, a nine-year-old girl living in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is 1934, and the Great Depression is deepening. Fortunately, Kit's father has been able to keep his car dealership afloat, and her family has not had to suffer the losses so many other people have. However, disaster strikes when Kit learns that her father's dealership is now bankrupt, and he is joining the ranks of the unemployed. Instead of feeling like the center of everyone's world, Kit now finds that she must stay out of the way, and do what she can to help the entire family. This book really surprised me (so far my daughter has been reading the Kirsten books). This story is hard, but shows children that sometimes there are hardships that have to be borne, rather than simply gotten around. I enjoyed Walter Rane's illustrations, which tended to be small but plentiful. My nine-year-old daughter enjoyed this book, and I enjoyed the lesson that it taught.
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Summary: Meet Kit
Review: Tripp wrote a lovely story depicting a nine-year-old girl, Kit, going through the Depression in Cincinnati. She and her family face a very difficult situation when her father, a man she deeply admires, loses his job.
This book conveys an important message to other young girls who do not understand what the Depression was all about, or the impact it had on so many people. Kit is your typical nine-year-old and she comes from a typical middle-class family in Cincinnati. This allows young girl readers to identify with this fun-loving character. Tripp's use of description helps paint a picture for the reader. For example, when Tripp describes Kit's mother she writes, "Mother looked as cool and slender as a mint leaf in her pale green dress."
This is an excellent book to read, especially for 8 - 12 year olds. Girls will definitely enjoy it more than boys since Kit, the main character, is a girl; however, she enjoys baseball and not the frilly things, so boys may enjoy this too.
Meet Kit will help reluctant readers want to read due to its easy languague. Then the reader can pick up the next book to learn even more about Kit.
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Summary: Meet Kit: An American Girl
Review: Tripp wrote a lovely story depicting a nine-year-old girl, Kit, going through the Depression in Cincinnati. She and her family face a very difficult situation when her father, a man she deeply admires, loses his job.
This book conveys an important message to other young girls who do not understand what the Depression was all about, or the impact it had on so many people. Kit is your typical nine-year-old and she comes from a typical middle-class family in Cincinnati. This allows young girl readers to identify with this fun-loving character. Tripp's use of description helps paint a picture for the reader. For example, when Tripp describes Kit's mother she writes, "Mother looked as cool and slender as a mint leaf in her pale green dress."
This is an excellent book to read, especially for 8 - 12 year olds. Girls will definitely enjoy it more than boys since Kit, the main character, is a girl; however, she enjoys baseball and not the frilly things, so boys may enjoy this too.
Meet Kit will help reluctant readers want to read due to its easy languague. Then the reader can pick up the next book to learn even more about Kit.
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