The American Girls Short Stories

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Summary: American Girls Shor Stories
Review: A terrific set of short stories for young readers. My 8 year old loves the fact that these books are small and fun to read, she enjoyed every single one! I would encourage any reader to get your hands on these, just the right size, especially for bedtime, full of FUN Books.

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Summary: Sadly this is not worth your money
Review: I bought this set as a whole two years ago. I was immensly disappointed as only 3 of the books in the set are up to the quality of the originals. To me, this looked like an attempt by Pleasant Company to milk it's "flagship" as the American Girls Collection is called on the AG site--dry. The highlight of this boxed set is High Hopes for Addy, A Reward for Josefina and Molly Takes Flight. The rest of the books are mediocre. The Samantha book runs the same old same old spin that has been said in Samantha Learns A Lesson about judging people based on thier income, the Kirsten one features (Surprise, Surprise!) Singing Bird, and the Felicity one features the birth of Felicity's sister Polly. These stories were also borrowed from the American Girl Magazine, where they ran as 2-3 page featurettes with a brief peak into the past sections in the back. When Pleasant Company released these books, they ran their "flagship" into an iceberg, so to speak. I recommend trying these for yourself at the library. But to a veteran AGC fan, these books are lacking and rehash the same things over and over again.

Rating:
Summary: Sadly this is not worth your money
Review: I bought this set as a whole two years ago. I was immensly disappointed as only 3 of the books in the set are up to the quality of the originals. To me, this looked like an attempt by Pleasant Company to milk it's "flagship" as the American Girls Collection is called on the AG site--dry. The highlight of this boxed set is High Hopes for Addy, A Reward for Josefina and Molly Takes Flight. The rest of the books are mediocre. The Samantha book runs the same old same old spin that has been said in Samantha Learns A Lesson about judging people based on thier income, the Kirsten one features (Surprise, Surprise!) Singing Bird, and the Felicity one features the birth of Felicity's sister Polly. These stories were also borrowed from the American Girl Magazine, where they ran as 2-3 page featurettes with a brief peak into the past sections in the back. When Pleasant Company released these books, they ran their "flagship" into an iceberg, so to speak. I recommend trying these for yourself at the library. But to a veteran AGC fan, these books are lacking and rehash the same things over and over again.