Valerie Tripp

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in Mount Kisco, New York, The United States

January 01, 1951

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female

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Children's

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Valerie Tripp is a children's book author, best known for her work with the American Girl series.

She grew up in Mount Kisco, New York with three sisters. She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College. She has been a writer for reading textbooks for three decades.

Tripp is best known for her work with the American Girl series. She wrote all the books in the Felicity, Josefina, Kit, and Molly series, and three of the books in the Samantha series. She has also written four of the five "Best Friends" character stories to date. Film dramatizations of the lives of Samantha, Felicity, Molly, and Kit h...more

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Valerie Tripp's Books

Average rating: 3.89 · 43,742 ratings · 1,620 reviews · 110 distinct works · Similar authors

	Felicity: An American Girl 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,973 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Molly, an American Girl (American Girls: Molly, #1) by Valerie Tripp, C.F. Payne (Illustrator) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 2,992 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Felicity: An American Girl (The American Girls: Felicity, #1) by Valerie Tripp, Dan Andreasen (Illustrator), Luann Roberts (Illustrator) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,821 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molly: An American Girl : 1944 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,630 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 (American Girls: Kit, #1) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,697 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josefina: An American Girl 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,418 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kit: An American Girl (Boxed Set) by Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley (Illustrator), Walter Rane (Illustrator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Samantha, #5) by Valerie Tripp, Robert Grace (Illustrator), Nancy Niles (Illustrator) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Birthday Samantha!: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Samantha, #4) by Valerie Tripp, Robert Grace (Illustrator), Nancy Niles (Illustrator) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,385 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Josefina, an American Girl (American Girls: Josefina, #1) by Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles (Illustrator), Susan McAliley (Illustrator) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,229 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Valerie Tripp

American Girls: Felicity (6 books)
by Valerie Tripp
3.8819041012746034 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 11,533 ratings

American Girls: Molly (7 books)
by Valerie Tripp
3.8902592988249003 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 10,297 ratings

American Girls: Kit (6 books)
by Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley (Illustrator), Walter Rane (Illustrator)
3.925700164744646 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 6,070 ratings

American Girls: Josefina (6 books)
by Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley
3.7797135114208285 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 5,166 ratings

American Girls Short Stories (43 books)
by Valerie Tripp
3.773772529521442 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,218 ratings

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“If I loved someone, I could never let him go away from me. I would be too miserable and lonely.”
― Valerie Tripp

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“Think ere you speak”
― Valerie Tripp

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