Product Description

Rose Elinor Moore was eleven when her little cousin Mary Lou Abbott came to visit her at her beautiful home near Yorktown in the spring of 1781 during the Revolutionary War. They had many exciting adventures together, even driving together to Yorktown to witness Cornwallis's surrender.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #680401 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 196 pages

Review
Reader's Choice Children everywhere will enjoy the delightful tales of The Little Maid Series from Applewood Books. This series is filled withjstories of exciting adventures, some based on actual events of young American heroines of days gone by. The 192-page paperback books...contain a cut-out paper doll and costume for children to play with. Both children and adults will enjoy reading the interesting contents. Markets: Education, Retailers, Fundraising Uses: Enhance Client Image, Retain Customer

Customer Reviews

Good enough book, but a little dated
This book is sweet and charming, but clearly reflects the time it was written (1922). The two heroines, Rose Elinor and Mary Lou, are brave and adventurous, and get to meet Thomas Jefferson and General Lafayette, but sometimes the writing is a little precious concerning Rose Elinor's maturation into a "proper little maid of Virginia." And the way that Curtis depicts the black slaves, particularly the old style of rendering dialect, and the general assumption that the slaves are simple-minded, is both distracting and offensive to modern eyes. However, young children may not notice that (it's not a major part of the book), and Mary Lou is an especially appealing heroine.

Another great Little Maid book
Rose Elinor Moore is an 11 year old girl living with her parents near Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. Her cousin, Mary Lou, whose mother is dead and father is fighting in the war, comes to live with the Moores. The two girls have many adventures and witness the surrender at Yorktown.