While still a fun read, I feel like this one didn't cover as much of the historical themes as some of the other girls' introductory books.

Molly was always one of my favorites alongside Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, and Samantha.

I didn’t realize just how short these books were as a kid. They seemed longer to me when I checked them out in the school library and never actually read them and just looked at the pictures.

I was volunteering at the library shelving books in the children's section and I decided to pick up the American Girl series on a whim again. I enjoyed reading the first three books in Kirsten's collection and wanted to explore the other decades. They didn't have the whole collection at once, so I just chose Meet Kit, Samantha, and the first two books for Felicity.

I read these books in elementary school and I loved them. I fully support giving girls a strong female influence and empowerment through books. I read this book while waiting for dinner to cook and I didn't enjoy it as much as I remember. Molly is a nine-year-old living in 1945 while her father serves as a doctor in WWII. I admired the way her entire community was doing their part through victory gardens and saving tin cans. Although it was via very sly propaganda, it was a nice feature that I haven't read many books set during this era. Molly was a brat and started a prank war with her brother. I think she was acting out because she missed her father and the strict regulations her household followed. She wasn't even that nice to a fellow schoolmate who happened to be affluent and actually made a genuine attempt at friendship.

I'm sure her following books will be better when she drops that attitude and does her patriotic duty to enlist. Just kidding!

PURRRR so good!

I don't know if I am just biased towards Kit or if this book really just was not as good. Don't get me wrong it was a nice book for read aloud. But, this book was lacking in the some of the niceties that we really appreciate in the Kit series. The Kit books read like great historical fiction on a young age level....this first Molly book read a little more like something thrown together as a marketing piece to support the doll. The images and illustrations in the Kit books were fun to look at - some of the Molly book used cheesy stock clip art.

All in all a good book. We will continue on with the rest of the series. I like that it opens dialog about WWII in an age appropriate way.

Really enjoyed all the Molly books!