Changes for Kit

The cover of Changes for Kit

Changes for Kit is the sixth book in the Kit series.

Facts

• Author: Valerie Tripp
• Illustrators: Walter Rane
• First Published: 2001
• Setting: Early Winter 1934

Characters

• Kit Kittredge
• Uncle Hendrick

Introduced

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Only in Changes for Kit

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Chapter by Chapter Summary

Looking Back: Changes for America in 1934

Discusses the end of the Great Depression. Topics include:

• How people coped with the Great Depression.
• The Emergency Banking Act, one of the first official acts President Roosevelt undertook to deal with banks
• The National Recovery Administration, one of the New Deal agencies created by President Roosevelt
• The Civil Works Administration, one of the New Deal agencies that failed
• Other successful New Deal agencies, such as the Works Progress Administration
• Eleanor Roosevelt's role in aiding President Roosevelt due to his polio
• Criticism of the Roosevelt administration, as well as Eleanor Roosevelt
• Slow improvement in people's lives as the Depression went on
• The Dust Bowl's effects on the Midwest
• Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as his persecution of Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and people whose politics or lifestyles did not match Hitler's vision for Germany
• America's non-interventionism with Germany, choosing instead to manufacture weapons for America's allies fighting directly with Germany following the start of World War II as a way to end the Depression
• America's entry into World War II following the bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The similarities in the way Americans fared during the Depression and World War II
• The return of American stability when World War II ended.

Book Covers

The first version of Changes for Kit (2001-2004)

The current cover of Changes for Kit

Items associated with Changes for Kit

• Kit's Winter Coat
• Beret and Mittens
• Kit's Photography Set