Welcome to Molly's World, 1944: Growing Up in World War Two America

by Catherine Gourley

Book Overview

As part of The American Girls Collection, the character in this book is fictitious, but her story takes place during an important turning point in American history. The text comes alive as Molly tells... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562477730
• ISBN13: 9781562477738
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 12.0" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Really Good

This book does a good job of recreating life, the hardships, deprivations and overall changes required of society on the American homefront during the years of the Second World War. It also shows the lives lived by Red Cross Volunteers, troops as they were transported overseas, nurses, WAV's and WAC's, factory laborers and children. It uses great illustrations and descriptions to personalize the age and show what our forebears endured. I especially liked the effort invested by the author(s) in pointing out how virtually everyone contributed something toward winning the war. This book leaves few stones unturned and I think a brilliant job is done in demonstrating a 360-degree view of what life during this time of struggle was like for millions of Americans.

Classroom Helper

This is a great book to use in the classroom while teaching children about WWII. The children learned much more from this book than their text book. It shows how children and adults lived during the war. There is a lot of useful information to get the childrens attention for future lessons. I recommend that all children read this book if they are studying WWII. It's not really a story just a lot of information about clothes, toys, sports, food, etc.... It is by far the best resource I have found.

Welcome to Molly's World - 1944

This book is simply a marvel.It talks about how life was in 1944 using first hand sources, like real snapshots, posters, helmets. It's the must have book for any girl studying WW2 and, of course, for any Molly's fan. I would recommend it for girls age 10 and above, but even a younger child might appreciate it with the help of a parent, or, better, of a grandmother that can add information on how her life was in those days.