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Meet Felicity: An American Girl (American Girls: Felicity #1)
Felicity falls in love with a beautiful horse named Penny. When she discovers that the owner is cruel, she is determined to find a way to save Penny.
Paperback, 69 pages
Published
September 28th 1991
by American Girl
(first published September 1st 1991)
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Set in Colonial Williamsburg in 1774 this first book in the FELICITY series introduces readers to the Merriman family. As the eldest of three young children Felicity causes her mother great concern; she is too lively to sit still for long, and too impatient to work neat stitches and delicate letters. Plus she proves stubbornly creative when it comes to what She wants to do. Preferring the physical freedom of wearing boy’s britches this spunky girl is passionate about hor...more
Set in Colonial Williamsburg in 1774 this first book in the FELICITY series introduces readers to the Merriman family. As the eldest of three young children Felicity causes her mother great concern; she is too lively to sit still for long, and too impatient to work neat stitches and delicate letters. Plus she proves stubbornly creative when it comes to what She wants to do. Preferring the physical freedom of wearing boy’s britches this spunky girl is passionate about hor...more
I give the American Girl "Felicity" series 2 stars for me and 5 stars for my 6-year-old.
Overall, the stories are interesting and my daughter gets completely pulled into them. She can't wait to find out what happens next. She's learning a lot, too, about the way people lived before they could get anything they wanted by clicking a few buttons at amazon.com.
The books can be quite didactic but, on the other hand, that's one reason that I like my daughter to read them. The books seem intent on teach...more
Overall, the stories are interesting and my daughter gets completely pulled into them. She can't wait to find out what happens next. She's learning a lot, too, about the way people lived before they could get anything they wanted by clicking a few buttons at amazon.com.
The books can be quite didactic but, on the other hand, that's one reason that I like my daughter to read them. The books seem intent on teach...more
Felicity was a cool character to follow in the American Girls series. You can even track her character development thru her series, since she starts doing things in a reactive "leaping before looking" manner, but as her stories progress, she learns to think before acting. Good lessons, there!
I remember reading this book aloud to my younger brother who was in 1st-3rd grade when I was in 4th-6th, when this book first came out. I remember a mean character would exclaim "Hell's fire!" a lot in this...more
I remember reading this book aloud to my younger brother who was in 1st-3rd grade when I was in 4th-6th, when this book first came out. I remember a mean character would exclaim "Hell's fire!" a lot in this...more
“Meet Felicity” is about a young girl named Felicity who is high spirited and impatient. The time setting is in 1774, in Williamsburg, Virginia prior to the Revolutionary war. Felicity loves horses and when someone in her town, a cruel man named Jiggy Nye gets a new horse she tries to protect the horse from his abuse. Felicity would visit the horse Penny every day before dawn. Little by little Penny started trusting Felicity and allowing her to ride on her. Jiggy Nye threatens Felicity that if...more
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Recommended for ages 6-12
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Elisabeth Greenberg - Children's Literature
Felicity Merriman will walk into every feisty horse-loving girl's heart. In colonial Williamsburg girls should stitch a straight seam, sit quietly at lessons, and always defer to the elders, but Felicity's heart is as big as her imagination. When she discovers that Jiggy Nye, the tanner, is mistreating the most beautiful chestnut she has ever seen, she decides to befriend the horse. When Jiggy states pub...more
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Elisabeth Greenberg - Children's Literature
Felicity Merriman will walk into every feisty horse-loving girl's heart. In colonial Williamsburg girls should stitch a straight seam, sit quietly at lessons, and always defer to the elders, but Felicity's heart is as big as her imagination. When she discovers that Jiggy Nye, the tanner, is mistreating the most beautiful chestnut she has ever seen, she decides to befriend the horse. When Jiggy states pub...more
Aug 09, 2010
Tijona
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5 of 5 stars
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american-girl-felicity
This book is what made Felicity my favorite American Girl! I remember feeling like I could relate to her more than any of the others because she was so spunky and didn't like to take "no" for an answer! Growing up I felt the very same way. I also can remember hating to be "proper," like having to wear dresses to church, and hating how the boys always got to go camping and do all these fun things when us girls had to stay inside and learn sewing or some other craft. I just wanted to be outside ju...more
This book is a fantastic historical fiction book that appeals to young girls. I have actually tried to attract my third grade high readers to the series, but found that they need to really be into historical fiction to be interested at first. The vocabulary is also pretty difficult and requires a lot of inferring. One of the best parts is that the book does add pictures in the side notes of the page that sometimes explain the vocabulary or what is happening.
I personally am a huge fan of this boo...more
I personally am a huge fan of this boo...more
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As a book for 7-12 year old girls, I think that this is an excellent start to the Felicity books. As the title says, we meet Felicity, and very quickly learn what sort of girl she is. Lissie, as her family calls her, is stubborn, impatient, and as much a tomboy as her family and society will allow. She loves horses (and what girl didn't at least go through a horse phase, whether they grew out of it or not?) and when she finds that the wicked Jiggy Nye is abusing his, she resolves to do something...more
I loved the american girls when I was younger and had three of the dolls. The books are great for kids cause they are historical fiction. I remember that Felicity was my favorite because she had red hair. Each and every book has a looking back section in the back that is a little history lesson with actual pictures from the times. This was a really creative idea to get little girls reading and learning about our history. Felicity's era is shortly before the Revolutionary war takes place. In Meet...more
It was amazing because, I mean, like, how did Felicity get that horse without Jiggy Nye seeing her?
THAT is amazing! That's why I gave it 5 stars.
I liked Jiggy Nye for one reason. The reason is, this: I have a brother and a brother is a boy, and Jiggy Nye is a boy and I like playing with my brother. I like Jiggy Nye for that reason.
I liked Felicity because she was smart and clever. And was telling the truth even though her father and mother didn't believe her.
I liked the horse, Penny because Pen...more
THAT is amazing! That's why I gave it 5 stars.
I liked Jiggy Nye for one reason. The reason is, this: I have a brother and a brother is a boy, and Jiggy Nye is a boy and I like playing with my brother. I like Jiggy Nye for that reason.
I liked Felicity because she was smart and clever. And was telling the truth even though her father and mother didn't believe her.
I liked the horse, Penny because Pen...more
I always connected to Felicity the most out of the AG's, and not because she was the sassy redhead. I liked Felicity because she was imperfect. She was constantly making mistakes because of her mouth and her sense of self-righteousness. She wanted to solve problems, but sometimes never wanted to think things through. She was stubborn and headstrong. In other words, she was nuanced, and that's why she stuck with me over the others. Felicity doesn't stop to think that Penny the horse doesn't belon...more
We gave Norah the Felicity doll for her birthday this year, and far more than the doll, she's enjoying the books. I thought it would be an appropriate choice because we have been reading a lot of pioneer books lately, and although Felicity's not a pioneer, her story is set in the early days of America. Norah absolutely loves the stories, though they are a little grown-up for her...I should have realized I'd be trying to explain colonists, taxation without representation, and the Boston Tea Party...more
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My sister found this book at our local used book store so I decided on a quick read. I loved American Girls as a child, but for some reason never read Felicity, only Addy and Molly.Young readers (5-10) will get a lot of information about early American life. Felicity is a fun character as a tomboy, spunky, red-head. The plot, in which Felicity tries to save a horse from "Jiggy Nye, the cruel tanner", can be a bit much. That is unless you love horses as much as the character does. Still,this book...more
It had to come to this. After all this reading of kid's books this past year and a half, I knew that sooner or later I would have to read one of the American Girls series. The American Girls, if you don't know, is a combination of literature of marketing. On the literature side, you have a series of books telling stories about nine-year-old girls in different eras of American history. Currently there's about eight girls and each one stars in six books. The books have corresponding themes, so for...more
These may be children's books, but they are actually very good! I really love the spunk that Felicity has and she's definitely a character you want to root for. The books also have so many parallels to the important historical events of the time period they take place in. They put history into simpler terms for young kids to understand and relate to. When I grow up and have kids, these are the kinds of books I want them to read.
Mar 09, 2012
Ashley
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5 of 5 stars
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Since finishing the Molly series, Abby and I have gone from WWII to Felicity and colonial VIrginia. This is the book and character I would have loved as a little girl. Felicity loves horses and spends weeks sneaking out to train a horse who is being mistreated by its owner. I also thought the way the author sneaked in the notion of independence was clever--it sets the stage for the rest of Felicity's stories.
It would be very easy for children who are either reading or being read to by someone to center themselves in this story. The story line about a beautiful innocent hose that need to be rescued captures the attention of old and young alike. I could definitely see the use of webbing in this story as the author made the connection between Felicity and Penny seem so real. I think that it is a very good and easy read.
I read all the American Girls books that were available at the time when I was eleven and twelve years old.
For Christmas my mom gave me the collection of movies about Felicity, Samantha and Molly (for a trip down memory lane). My boys absolutely love the movies. They're good quality, PG, historical fiction movies. Who care that the movies are starred by girls?
On a recent trip to visit, my parents gave me all of my American Girls books. When I explained to my five-year old what the books were, he...more
For Christmas my mom gave me the collection of movies about Felicity, Samantha and Molly (for a trip down memory lane). My boys absolutely love the movies. They're good quality, PG, historical fiction movies. Who care that the movies are starred by girls?
On a recent trip to visit, my parents gave me all of my American Girls books. When I explained to my five-year old what the books were, he...more
This is the first "American Girl" book I've read -- it was good, I can see why the middle-upper elementary girls like them. There are 4 different American Girls, each from a different time period in American history. This was the first book in the Felicity series, which takes place in 1774. Each series of books as the same titles -- I'm assuming that you get the same story from a different historical perspective. I look forward to reading more of these.
Felicity Merriman is 9 years old and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1774. She finds a horse that is being cruelly treated by her owner, Jiggy Nye. Felicity names this horse Penny. She goes to visit her every night and wears her father's apprentice's breeches.
This book is very good, except I'm not sure its quite accurate, but overall it is a very good storyline!
This book is very good, except I'm not sure its quite accurate, but overall it is a very good storyline!
I thought this was a great book about a girl named Felicity Merriman who was living in colonial Williamsburg in 1774. Felicity sees a horse that is owned by the horrible Jiggy Nye. He beats the horse and starves her. Each morning before anyone is awake Felicity goes and takes care of the horse and names her Penny because of her bright independent spirit and shiny penny-like coat. Will Mr.Nye find out that Felicity has been seeing Penny? Will Felicity get to see her again?!
This book is about how Felicity finds a beautiful horse, but it is owned by Jiggy Nye the towns cruelest person. She goes to see the horse one day with her friend Ben who is delivering Jiggy Nye a bit for the horse. When Felicity see's the horse she falls in love with it. Felicity is and independant and free spirited girl who cares deeply for horses.
Felicity was my favorite American girl, because she liked horses. These books are great for young girls because they make history accessible, and I find the short section at the end of each book to be really information and interesting--kids in history class often don't learn about things like the clothing and table manners and the dances of the times, which for me is sometimes more interesting than the wars that seem to be all that gets taught.
Recently I watched the Felicity movie, and it was v...more
Recently I watched the Felicity movie, and it was v...more
The American Girl series is one the girls I teach absolutely love. I read them as a child, but its been several years. I thought it would be neat to goback and read them now, so I can talk to my students about them. This book is a fun, quick read that is good to share when teaching the concepts of past and present.
I always loved history, and especially the American Revolution, and I too had red hair and green eyes, so Felicity was always my favorite American Girl. Since the Dear America series wasn't around when I was growing up, these were my window to the past, and I learned a lot from them.
The two main characters are named Felicity and Ben. This immediately makes me think of the tv show "Felicity". Now it's all I can do to not see Keri Russell and Scott Speedman pretending to be 9 year old kids during the America Revolution, trying to save a horse. I think I am doomed.
... This update is over the first six books about Felicity Merriman, a spunky young redhead in colonial America, in the dawn of the Revolutionary War. All six books were written by Valerie Tripp. Felicity lives in Virginia with her mother, father, and her little brother and sister. Her father is a shopkeeper, and his young apprentice lives with them as well - he is older than Felicity, but they become good friends. Felicity also befriends a girl her age whose family of Loyalists comes over from...more
This is one book of the American Girls Collections. I had read every one of them when I was a child and learned about the struggles and successes of life in the past. The girls in my class love reading them and I am glad that I recommended this series of books to them!
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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 t...more
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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 t...more
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