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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.Tags
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I think this has been my favorite book in the Kit series so far. The Penny Pinching party and The Waste Not Want Not Almanac were great story lines. Aunt Millie was a fun addition to the cast of characters at the Kittridge home. These books have a nice moral message that is not too overbearing.
kit knows that with all the boarding house chores,there's no time to plan a party for her tenth birthday.Besides, there's no money either,ever since dad still doesn't have a job. Kit knows she shouldn't even be thinking about a party.but it's ahrd not to hope.Then, when Aunt Millie shows up unexpectedly at the Kittredrige's front doo, kit finds new reason's to hope. Aunt Millie is always full of cheap ideas and kit loves having her there-until that is one of Aunt millies great idea's doesen't sound so googd to kit.
Summary: Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness.
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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 show more 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) show less
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- Canonical title
- Happy Birthday, Kit!: A Springtime Story
- People/Characters
- Kit Kittredge; Ruthie Smithens; Uncle Hendrick; Aunt Millie; Stirling Howard; Will Shepard
- Important places
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Ohio, USA; USA
- Important events
- Great Depression
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- English
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