Shelly's Book Journal

Written in the 1940, this is the first book in the Melendy series. The 4 Melendy children form a club - they pool their allowance and one of them takes it to the city (NY City) to do whatever they want. It's a whole $1.60....so what will they do.I love that we get a peek at life in the 40s for families in NY City - before crime and traffic completely take things over, and before electronics consume the life of young people, and they are interested in things like the opera and art museums. It's a very nostagic book, lots for kids to learn about history and how our culture has changed.