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| name = ''Kit Learns a Lesson''<br />
| image = File:Kit2_3.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 300px<br />
| caption = The last individual cover of ''Kit Learns a Lesson.''<br />
| published = 2000<br />
| author = [[Valerie Tripp]]<br />
| illustrator = [[Walter Rane]]<br>[[Susan McAliley]] (vignettes)<br />
| isbn = 1584850183<br />
| setting = November 10<ref>Pg 18: ''"Thanksgiving's only two weeks from now," said Kit.''</ref> - November 24, 1932<ref>The story ends on Thanksgiving night. Thanksgiving in 1932 was [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=1932&month=11&country=1&hol=16409&typ=1&display=1&df=1 November 24th]. </ref><br />
| prev = ''[[Meet Kit]]''<br />
| next = ''[[Kit's Surprise]]''<br />
}}'''''Kit Learns a Lesson''''' is the [[Central Series|second book]] in the '''[[List of Kit's Books|Kit series]]'''.<br />
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==Characters==<br />
* [[Kit Kittredge]]<br />
* [[Margaret Kittredge]]<br />
* [[Jack Kittredge]]<br />
* [[Charles Kittredge]]<br />
* [[Stirling Howard]]<br />
* [[Ruthie Smithens]]<br />
* [[Louise Howard]]<br />
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===Introduced===<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Roger Bentley|Roger Bentley]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Mr. Peck|Mr. Peck]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Miss Hart|Miss Hart]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Miss Finney|Miss Finney]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Mr. Fisher|Mr. Fisher]]<br />
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===Only in ''Kit Learns a Lesson''===<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (S-Z)#Tom|Tom]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Mabel|Mabel]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Dorothy|Dorothy]]<br />
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==Chapter by Chapter Summary==<br />
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===Chapter One: Messages===<br />
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===Chapter Two: Pilgrims and Indians===<br />
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===Chapter Three: Spilling the Beans===<br />
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===Chapter Four: Kit's Hard Times===<br />
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===[[Looking Back]]: School in 1934===<br />
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Discusses education and the condition of schools during the Great Depression. Topics covered:<br />
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* The separation of students into different grades and individual classrooms, and the subjects they studied at school.<br />
* Financial problems schools faced, with many schools not being able to repair conditions and afford to buy new books and supplies.<br />
* Ways schools tried to save money, from cancelling special programs to lengthening school holidays and shortening the school year.<br />
* The rural families who moved to California for better jobs and better lives, and how the constant disruption affected children's education.<br />
* Consequences the Great Depression had on teachers' salaries, resulting with some to go unpaid for months or having to board with their students.<br />
* Other ways schools tried to further down expenses, including firing married teachers in order to hire single teachers who were supporting their families.<br />
* Ways teachers helped students affected by the Great Depression, such as coordinating food and clothing drives or working with charities.<br />
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==Items associated with ''Kit Learns a Lesson''==<br />
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* [[Kit's School Outfit]]<br />
* [[Book Bag and Supplies]]<br />
* [[Kit's School Lunch]]<br />
* [[Rolltop Desk and Swivel Chair]]<br />
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==Book Covers==<br />
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<gallery position="center" widths="250" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none"><br />
Kit2_2000.jpg|First cover from 2000 to 2003. <br />
Kit2_3.jpg|Second cover from 2004 to 2014.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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* Chapter Four was published in the Nov/Dec 2000 issue of [[American Girl Magazine]] under the title "Kit's Hard Times."<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Stub}}<br />
[[Category:Kit Kittredge]]<br />
[[Category:Kit's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Books]]<br />
[[Category:School Books]]<br />
[[Category:School Collections]]<br />
[[Category:Central Series]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Books]]<br />
[[Category:Items Released in 2000]]<br />
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