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Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating educational materials for major publishers. In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Meet Felicity: An American Girl… (more)
Meet Felicity: An American Girl 2,852 copies, 24 reviews
Meet Molly: An American Girl 2,738 copies, 17 reviews
Meet Kit: An American Girl 2,133 copies, 23 reviews
Meet Josefina: An American Girl 2,073 copies, 7 reviews
Molly Learns a Lesson 1,537 copies, 7 reviews
Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story 1,523 copies, 4 reviews
Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story 1,364 copies, 12 reviews
Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story 1,290 copies, 5 reviews
Changes for Molly: A Winter Story 1,237 copies, 5 reviews
Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story 783 copies, 5 reviews
Very Funny, Elizabeth! 717 copies, 4 reviews
Nellie's Promise 666 copies, 6 reviews
Changes for Kit: A Winter Story 529 copies, 2 reviews
Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story 516 copies, 4 reviews
Felicity's New Sister 458 copies, 5 reviews
Brave Emily 457 copies, 3 reviews
Samantha's Winter Party 435 copies, 7 reviews
Molly Takes Flight 429 copies, 3 reviews
A Reward for Josefina 416 copies, 3 reviews
Felicity: An American Girl, 1774 392 copies, 4 reviews
Samantha: An American Girl, 1904 381 copies, 5 reviews
Really Truly Ruthie 332 copies, 1 review
Felicity's Dancing Shoes 231 copies, 1 review
Molly and the Movie Star 185 copies, 1 review
Kit: An American Girl, 1934 168 copies, 3 reviews
Josefina: An American Girl, 1824 163 copies, 2 reviews
Molly's Story Collection 146 copies, 1 review
Molly: An American Girl, 1944 130 copies, 1 review
Molly Marches On 121 copies
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl [2008 film] (Writer) 115 copies, 2 reviews
Felicity Takes a Dare 112 copies, 1 review
Molly's A+ Partner 108 copies, 1 review
Molly's Short Story Collection 54 copies, 2 reviews
Absolute Hero 36 copies, 3 reviews
Addy's Theater Kit 32 copies, 1 review
Peaches 7 copies
Newton's Flaw 7 copies
The Gifts 3 copies
Get It! 2 copies
Meet Kit 1 copy

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