Happy Birthday Kit: A Springtime Story, 1934 (American Girls Collection)

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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT ADDITION TO THE AMERICAN GIRLS SERIES!!!!!
Review: In Happy Birthday, Kit!, Kit hopes for a fancy birthday party, but knows it won't happen since her dad is out of a job and the Kittredges have no extra money to spend. Then Kit's Aunt Millie comes for a visit unexpectedly. Aunt Millie shows the Kittredge family how to pinch pennies and make things work out. Kit and her friends Ruthie and Stirling decide to write a book full of Aunt Millie's ideas. They call it "Aunt Millie's Waste-Not, Want-Not Almanac". Time after time, Kit finds more and more ways to save money. But when she's in public, she feels embarassed about her poverty, so when Aunt Millie comes to Kit's class to announce "Kit's Penny-Pincher Party" Kit feels very embarassed and angry. She yells at her Aunt Millie, and then when Aunt Millie gets ready to leave, Kit convinces her to stay after all. Kit's tenth birthday party is a success, and turns out to be a hit with her family and friends. The peek into the past in this book is more sad then most. It talks about everything from people abandoning their children to the low marriage rate that was created in Kit's time because it was nearly impossible to make ends met during the Great Depression.

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Summary: Another nice addition to the American Girls!
Review: Kit knows her birthday will not be like other years as the family is short on money and barely getting by. She wishes to have a grand birthday like the one in the newspaper but knows that won't be possible. However a surprise visit from her Aunt Millie brightens her hopes. As everybody in her family knows Aunt Millie is a person who knows what to do out of anything. Kit can't believe how many ideas Aunt Millie comes up with such as turning corn sacks in bloomers, planting gardens, buying cheap things from the grocery store, picking dandelions to make salads, and a bunch of other ideas. The ideas are so plentiful that Kit, Ruthie, and Stirling start an Alamac on all Aunt Millie's money saving ideas. However when Aunt Millie suddenly shows up at her school Kit feels embarrassed at how her aunts idea of a penny pincher birthday. Kit also feels embarrassed as the kids laugh at her Aunt's ideas. However surprises are in store for Kit on her birthday! Read this book to find out!

This was another great addition to the American Girls Collection! I have been reading them since I was 7 and even though I am much older and these books are much too easy for me I still enjoy them as if I were 7! I highly recommend all the books!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is about Kit, a girl growing up in the Great Depression. In this book, it's almost Kit's birthday! And when Aunt Millie, Kit's father's foster mother visits, Kit knows it will be fun. Aunt Millie is called that because they didn't know what to call her and Aunt Millie said,"Call me anything but late for dinner!"
But when Aunt Millie has an idea for a Penny Pinching party, Kit isn't too sure. Especially when her Aunt Millie comes to school to share the news of Kit's birthday party and embarasses Kit in front of her whole class. Now Kit's really mad and yells at Aunt Millie that she shouldn't have done that and that she didn't want a Penny-pinching party. But now Kit has caused her Aunt Millie's feelings to get hurt and also causes Aunt Millie to almost go back to her home.
Kit didn't mean to? In the mean time, Aunt Millie brings two chickens so Kit can deliver eggs and earn money. One day while she and Howard (a kid in the boarding house) go to deliver eggs door to door, they find a Basset Hound with a note on her collar reading: Can't Feed Her Anymore. So Kit brings her home and names her Grace. Will everything be alright for Kit's Birthday Party? Will Kit be able to convince Aunt Millie to stay? And will Kit have a Penny Pinching party and love it? Find out! Read this book!

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Summary: Another wonderful book
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 Kit and her family are struggling to make ends meet as the Great Depression deepens. With her birthday approaching, Kit secretly dreams an impossible dream, that she could have a large, wonderful birthday party. Aunt Millie, Kit's father's adoptive mother, makes a surprise visit to the family turning their lives upside-down. With her country, make-do way, Aunt Millie seems to work miracles, but a large, wonderful party is out of the question, right?

As with the other Kit books, this one gives a frank look into life during the Great Depression, while also teaching a lesson. In this book, Kit learns about making do with what you have, and even having a good time while doing so. The final chapter is about life during the depression, and making do. This is another wonderful book, and my daughter and I recommend it to you.