[.ca] Meet Kit: An American Girl, 1934 (ISBN 1584850175)

Meet Kit:
MEET KIT BOOK REVIEW The author of this book is Valerie Tripp. Valerie Tripp writes great books. Her character in this book is named Kit. She is a little girl who lives during the Great Depression. I learned that it is hard to live in the Depression. This book is good because the characters didn't have what we have now. They didn't have a TV. They had to listen to a radio. If you didn't have money you would lose your job, during the Depression...

Meet Kit: An American Girl:
Tripp wrote a lovely story depicting a nine-year-old girl, Kit, going through the Depression in Cincinnati. She and her family face a very difficult situation when her father, a man she deeply admires, loses his job. This book conveys an important message to other young girls who do not understand what the Depression was all about, or the impact it had on so many people. Kit is your typical nine-year-old and she comes from a typical middle-class family in Cincinnati. This allows young girl readers to identify with this fun-loving character. Tripp's use of description helps paint a picture for the reader. For example, when Tripp describes Kit's mother she writes, "Mother looked as cool and slender as a mint leaf in her pale green dress." This is an excellent book to read, especially for 8 - 12 year olds. Girls will definitely enjoy it more than boys since Kit, the main character, is a girl; however, she enjoys baseball and not the frilly things, so boys may enjoy this too. Meet Kit will help reluctant readers want to read due to its easy languague. Then the reader can pick up the next book to learn even more about Kit.

Kitt Kitredge:
Before I read this book I didn't even know there was a great depression! Neither of my grandparents knew anything about the great depression. I knew what hoboes were, but that was about it. Now I know all the details of the great depression. I loved reading about Kit,who is the kind of girl who impersonates Jo, from "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Kit is boyish, loves baseball, books, writing, and anything boys do. Except running around screaming at the top of her lungs because she got an A on her report card. I enjoyed these books and I hope you will too.

Helpful youth introduction to the Great Depression:
Despite minor historical innacuracies begining with the cover date, this book is a wonderful addition to all young adult fiction collections. Continuing the established tradition of the American Girls collection, this story examines historical events through the eyes of pre-adolescents who lived through ppre-selected times themselves. Remaining underrepresented in our public schools during the supposedly enlightened 21st century, multicultural women's history promotion remains revolutionary for all ages. Although Kit Kittredge and her family admittedly fare okay during the Great Depression, teaching about this same time period (and imagining it) is difficult for many readers to take in because we have directly benefited from many federal and state goverment programs explicitly designed to prevent simmilar conditions. The social programs ultimate effectivity has paradoxically left us unaware of what such conditions were really like and how people survived during these times. Public school American history's tendency to gloss over the disappointing portions and head straight into World War II (however important for it's own reasons) means age-appropriate Great Depression information can be hard to come by. This sittuation disadvantages readers whose relatives are now deceased or unwilling to share their own experiences about this very same time period. To her credit, author Valerie Tripp never pretends the fictional protagonist and her family experience the worst living conditions (this is made quite clear throughout both the initial story and related series)during the 1930's. Hard as the Kittredge's 'new' life is, many other friends and aquaintences experience worse living conditions. Perspective and awareness of the larger world beyond one's self are timless social skills. Having been first introduced to the series when there were only three girls (Kirsten, Samantha and Molly) I can unhesitatingly say I most closely relate to Kit's independence, admiration of famous women such as Amelia Earhart, and journalistic drive.

American Girls....Meet Kit!!:
This book I thoroughly enjoyed. Kit's family is going through the Great Deppresion and her father has lost his job. They now have to take in borders. Kit is kind of tomboyish, much different than her best friend Ruthie. I reccomend all of the Kit books.