FREE: Anna All Year Round Mary Downing Hahn

Anna is sure her world will never change.Her best friend,Charlie,will always live across the street,the trolley will keep running down North Avenue,and the lamplighter will continue to light the streetlamps every night.But life is full of changes,good and bad.Though Anna outgrows her coat,she gets a beautiful new one. as her street becomes crowded with motorcars,Anna finds she is old enough to take the trolley on her own. Ana when Anna's mother won't allow her to have a birthday party,Anna learns that her ideas and her mother's can sometimes clash.Set in Baltimore just before World War 1 and based on the girlhood of Mary Downing Hahn's own mother,Anna's story reveals that growning up is complicated,no matter when you do it.