Kirsten Saves the Day
Kirsten Saves the Day is a children's book by Janet Shaw in The American Girls Collection, first published by Pleasant Company of Madison, Wisconsin, in 1988. Kirsten, a Swedish immigrant girl on the Minnesota frontier, goes bee hunting for honey.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Pleasant Co, 1988
- First published
- Pleasant Company, Madison, Wisconsin, 1988
The first edition of Kirsten Saves the Day by Janet Beeler Shaw was published in Madison, Wis by Pleasant Co in 1988. We track 1 edition.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
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- 8 on Open Library, 5 in English
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of Kirsten Saves the Day?
The first edition of Kirsten Saves the Day by Janet Beeler Shaw was published in Madison, Wis by Pleasant Co in 1988.
How many editions of Kirsten Saves the Day are there?
We track 1 edition of Kirsten Saves the Day, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Kirsten saves the day (1988 first edition record), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Kirsten Larson, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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