In Which We Discuss Hitty: Her First Hundred
Years
Written by Rachel Field, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop
Check out our Discussion from last time!
Read the book online.
See Our Hittys, playing the role of Hitty from the book.
I have left all of the original activities to recreate--or create the first time, if you are new to the book discussions.
Have fun!
#1 In Which I Begin My Memoirs
Create Phoebe's fur muff and tippit
#2 In Which I Go Up In the World and am Glad to Come Down Again
Make a Hitty-scaled Sling-shot
#3 In Which I Travel--By Land and Sea
Make a knitting basket for Hitty.
#4 In Which We Go To Sea
Make a Rope Hammock for Hitty.
#5 In Which We Strike Our First and Last Whales
Find a vintage whale print online, print it out Hitty-scale, and frame it.
#6 In Which I Join the Fishes and Rejoin the Prebles
Make Hitty an Island Feast with "...fruits of various sorts....and coconuts."
#7 In Which I Learn the Ways of Gods, Natives, and Monkeys
Make a Hitty bonnet to replace Mrs. Preble's sacrificed beaver bonnet.
#8 In Which I Am Lost In India
Make a coral necklace for Hitty from '..round, red coral beads."
#9 In Which I Have Another Child to Play With Me
Make a shawl from a scrap of fabric, just like Little Thankful made from a scrap of her sash.
#10 In Which I Am Rescued and Hear Adelina Patti
Make a brown cape and hood, like the one Clarissa Pryce lost at the concert.
#11 In Which I Sit for My Daguerreotype and Meet a Poet
Create A daguerreotype of your Hitty.
#12 In Which I Go Into Camphor, Reach New York, and Become a Doll of
Fashion
Create a Hitty-sized copy of the book Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
At the Feet of Charles Dickens!
#13 In Which I Spend a Disastrous New Year's and Return to New England
Make Hitty an apron like Mrs. Brackett's apron.
#14 In Which I End My Hay-Days and Begin a New Profession
Create a Miniature bouquet of white flowers in a lace-paper holder.
#15 In Which I learn Much of Plantations, Post Offices, and Pin
Cushions
Take a Picture of Your Hitty as a pincushion, like the one the Ticket Agent's Wife created.
#16 In Which I Return to Familiar Scenes
Find one of the following items for Hitty:
(in china) a spotted dog, a cat, a lamb, a rabbit, a setting hen, a
goose, a gazelle, or a porcelain pig.
#17 In Which I am Sold at Auction
Create a Hitty-scaled bead bag, as carried by the rival bidder.
Make a braided rug for Hitty.