Queen Bees and Spelling Bees: Addy Learns a Lesson

Newly arrived in Philadelphia, Addy and her mother set out to to build a new life. Addy begins attending school and quickly learns the value of good friends (we see you Sarah) and the lure of the mean girl (not cool, Harriet). On Wednesdays, Addy wears pink, but when it comes to the big spelling bee, she crushes it in a new blue dress. As Mary and Allison review this Porter classic, they consider the careful treatment of both friendship & literacy. Filled with a cast of new and rich characters, Addy’s second story exposes northern racism, segregation, and the challenge of making a new life. Join us and dive into a book that makes you cherish your friends and favorite stories more than you already do.

Reading/viewing list:

Wulf, Karin. Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia
Collins, Lauren. “Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived —Or a Fraud?” The New Yorker, February 10, 2020
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Miller, Marla R. Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Wyss, Hilary E. English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830
McCammack, Brian. “‘My God, they must have riots on those things all the time’: African American Geographies and Bodies on Northern Urban Public Transportation, 1915-1940.” Journal of Social History 43(4): 973-988
Molloy, Scott. Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line

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