Happy Birthday Samantha!: A Springtime Story

All I wanted in life was to have Samantha's life. And all I wanted for my 10th birthday was to have the same birthday party as Samantha's pink lemonade and petit four party. The book single-handedly s...

I love revisiting these childhood favorite books. Samantha is my favorite American Girl! ...

This was one of my least favorite American Girl books, mostly because the story is a discordant package of mini-stories that are rather boring. Samantha has a princess birthday party rather, almost, s...

Came for nostalgia, stayed for woke Grandmary 😂...

I relate to Cornelia Pitt because a) wants women to vote, b) adopts a tiny puppy just because, and c) would marry Uncle Gard in a heartbeat....

I really don't think Grandmary would have supported women's suffrage that quickly....

Because on a rainy, dreary evening, who wouldn't want to take in a little springtime nostalgia?!? And can I just tell you- I totally remember reading this as a child and ordering peppermint ice cream ...

Um, Samantha's best dress, peppermint ice cream, an adorable puppy, all the modernism that NYC can afford, and a suffrage rally? No wonder this one was always my favorite! #Corneliagetsit #likewhoa...

It is a good book and I wish it did not end....

Votes for women!...