Happy Birthday, Molly
American Girls Collection)
by Valerie Tripp
Edition: Hardcover
Price: $12.95
Amazon.com
A Birthday To Remember,
August 26, 2008
Happy Birthday, Molly
Molly McIntire is having a birthday. Birthdays were very special during World War 2, since sugar was rationed, and it was rare to have sweets. Molly finds out that an English girl will be staying with their family for awhile, and she is very excited. When Emily, the English girl, arrives, Molly and her friends, Susan and Linda, try to impress her with the bomb shelter they built in the basement. Emily, is not impressed.
One evening, during a drill, the power goes out in the house. Molly's family gather, in their dining room, to wait it out. Emily is scared. She tells Molly that, in her country, they are not drills; they have real bombing raids. When the raids are over, homes are gone, and sometimes people are injured or killed. She doen't want to play in a bomb shelter, like Molly and her friends, because it brings back bad memories.
Molly finds out that Emily has not had a real birthday party, in years. She decides to share her birthday with Emily. Molly allows Emily to plan an English tea party. When Emily says they can't have a cake at a real tea party and they have to drink tea, instead of punch, Molly is mad at the stuborn little English girl.
Will Emily ruin everything? Will Molly have a birthday cake? Will the girls ever be friends again?
My daughter and her two cousins planned a birthday party for their American Girl Dolls. They followed the recipes in the American Girl Cookbook and made food from the time period, for each doll. Karen dressed up her Molly doll, in her birthday dress, and the girls had a grand time.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood,
author: Through the Rug, Through the Rug 2: Follow that Dog,
and Stowaway, the San Francisco Adventures of Sara, the Pineapple Cat
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