Happy Birthday, Kirsten!: A Springtime Story (American Girls Collection) |
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Janet Beeler Shaw
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Pages: 58 (Hardcover)
Editor: Jeanne Thieme
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
ISBN: 0937295884
Pub: American Girl
Pub date: 1990-09
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1108766
Reader Reviews:
A great story with a lesson (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Kirsten Larson, a nine-year-old girl from Sweden, whose family has moved to frontier Minnesota of 1854. In this book, Kirsten's mother is pregnant, and that means that Kirsten must do her own chores, plus those that her mother can no longer perform. With her birthday coming up, and all of her friends having fun working on a quilt for their teacher, Kirsten finds that she must concentrate on the work that must be done. How will it work out for Kirsten?
This is another wonderful story, with an important lesson. In it, Kirsten (and the reader) learns about responsibility and working together. As always, Renee Graef's illustrations are wonderful, and the final chapter (on growing up in 1854) is interesting and informative.
[For those adults interested in reading adult historical fiction about Swedish immigrants, please consider reading The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg.]
Kirsten's first birthday celebration in America. (0/0 people found this helpful)
It is springtime. Kirsten and her cousin Anna were beating rugs when they saw tornado clouds start to form. Everyone went into their cellar. Kirsten is turning ten in one month. She has to stay home from school because her mom is having a baby and needs help around the house. Kirsten is sad and angry because she thinks she will miss out on all the fun at school, especially making a quilt for their teacher. Find out what happens by reading the rest of this book.
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