In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
In 1824 New Mexico, Josefina and her sisters argue as they weave, until Josefina thinks of a way to make their work more fun. Includes historical notes on blanket weaving in New Mexico in 1824 and instructions for dyeing a t-shirt.
Features American Girl Kit, who receives a new tree house for babysitting the horrible Pew children, but now she holds a secret that could hurt her father and friend and has to make a decision whether or not to tell the truth.
Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning.
Skylar, a very bright little girl, does not have a problem with school work, but she does have a lot of trouble sitting quietly in her seat, until an art project disaster teaches her she has the ability to change.
Logan feels terrible when she believes she has given the class rabbit her cold, but she learns that while rabbits cannot catch colds from children, the students can take care not to share their germs with each other.
