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Kirsten Learns a Lesson (American Girl)

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This is a sweet tale about a little pioneer girl named Kirsten who is a Swedish immigrant and has a little difficulty speaking English- which gets trouble from her tough teacher. Things worsen as the teacher moves in with her aunt and uncle who Kirsten's family lives near and eats supper with every night. Kirsten finds her solace by running into the woods to play with her secret friend, a young Indian girl named Singing Bird. Everything in this book is great- from the stern but kindly teacher, to the friendship with the Indian girl.

This book teaches you that you can be friends with people even if they speak another language. I've read every Kirsten book and this is one of the best!

One of the 'pioneer' American Girls who was available with the original series, Kirsten Larson teaches her readers the importance of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.

Despite being immigrants to America, and experiencing hardship as they adjust to their new country and a new school, the Larson's also are suspicious of other people not looking exactly 'look like them'.

But Singing Bird and her tribe teach Kirsten that civilization has nothing to do with skin pigmentation. It has much more to do with how you treat others.

Her father, the chief, is portrayed as a smart and capable man. Realizing that his daughter is picking up information from the outside, he wants to discover who is responsible for this. He wants to ensure that Kirsten Larson is a good person who will not hurt his daughter or the tribe. Seeing this, he welcomes her as a friend of the community, even providing an Indian name.

American Girl has undergone many changes since it's initial founding. And she is not my 'favorite' doll. But this part of her story has remained my favorite. It intentionally reminds the audience that people have more in common with each other than we have differences.

This story is cool. The book theme is to accept people no matter were they are from. The book is about a girl who is from Sweden and they come to america becaue thay ran out of food in Sweden. Kirsten finds an indian friend but kirsten doesent tell anyone because they think that the Indian people are mean, so kirsten keeps it as a secet.

This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Kirsten Larson, a nine-year-old girl from Sweden, whose family has moved to frontier Minnesota of 1854. In this episode, Kirsten begins school. As she struggles to learn her lessons in a new language, she makes a new friend, Singing Bird, an Indian girl of about Kirsten's age.

This is another lesson in friendship and hard work, one masterfully told. Again, Renee Graef's illustrations are plentiful, and of a perfect style for the story. My nine-year-old daughter loves this wonderful book, and so do I.