de Angeli, with a story and pictures of rare charm, has created another little girl and a setting that will win as many friends as little Henner's Lydia and her Pennsylvania Dutch country. This story of Hannah is a delightful picture of the happy simple life of a family of Friends living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War. In Stock Stock No: WW191064 Catch a glimpse of pre-Civil War Quaker life as Hannah and her family go to Meeting and to market, host a gathering of Friends, enjoy ice skating and other pastimes. What happens to make the Quaker bonnet feel light and beautiful to Hannah-something to be proud of even though it was still the same heavy scoop-is a very important thing. Thee, Hannah By: Marguerite De Angeli Herald Press / 2000 / Paperback Write a Review Buy 24 or more for 11.87 each. But to Hannah these fine clothes were not only a part of bedtime game! All the day long, too, in her heart was the wish that her dull grey dress was a bright colored silk and her plain heavy scoop bonnet was a beribboned one like Cecily's, the little girl next door who went to Old Saint Peter's instead of Quaker meeting. It was always for flowered bonnets and red satin that rustled that the little Quaker girls asked the pretend shopkeeper. Every night before going to sleep they played a game of making believe they were fashionable ladies shopping. The little girls held their breath and made no answer. "Thee, Hannah, thee, Sally, are you still talking?"
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