Charlotte Campbell
Charlotte Campbell is Molly McIntire's third grade teacher.
Personality and Facts
Charlotte Campbell is a third grade teacher at at Willow Street School; Molly, Linda Rinaldi, and Susan Shapiro are in her class along with several other students. She has long curly brown hair to her shoulders and brown eyes, and Molly thinks she is beautiful and her hair reminds her of dark polished wood. She often wears her hair pinned up in a roll, but sometimes, as in Molly Learns a Lesson, wears it down in a pageboy style. She expects her students to pay attention, something Molly often struggles with. Molly likes that she is fair and square with each of her students when it comes to tasks.
She has a fiancé who is serving as a soldier; he is killed in action over the summer of 1944, which is stated in Changes for Molly.
In the Books
Molly Learns a Lesson: A School Story
Ms. Campbell leads the class in singing "America the Beautiful." She is wearing a red sweater that Molly compares to the six geraniums on the nearby windowsill.
As she teaches the class, Molly thinks about how pretty she is, and she dreams that Ms. Campbell will have Molly be the flower girl for her wedding. Ms. Campbell interrupts Molly's dream as she continues her lesson on why England and America are working together during the war. She starts off the multiplication bee and asks Molly what eight times seven is. When Molly gets it wrong, Ms. Campbell tells her she needs to work harder on her multiplication. Allison wins the bee and Ms. Campbell tells her she's proud of her, leaving Molly upset. She announces the 'Lend-a-Hand' contest and Molly strives to think of an idea that will impress her teacher. In the end when the girl's projects are handed in, she tells the newspaper she was surprised and very proud of them all.
Changes for Molly: A Winter Story
Miss Campbell is no longer their teacher, as the girls are now in fourth grade.
Linda, Susan, and Molly discuss how her fiance was killed in action in the war over the summer while discussing how Grace Littlefield's father was injured and can no longer walk. Linda says she's as much a soldier to go on without him as anyone else, and Susan says that she can be proud of his sacrifice.
Ms. Campbell chooses Molly to present the class's war bond money to Melody Moore at the rally as she gave the best explanation of war bonds out of everyone in the class. The Friday before the rally, she turns all the loose change into dollars and puts it in an envelope. She hands the money envelope to Molly, telling her she and the class were trusting her to take care of the money and they were all proud that she would represent them at the war bond rally.
In "Molly's Teammates"
Miss Campbell is mentioned as moving to teach the fourth grade (which does not line up to the books). Alison, Linda, and Susan have her as a teacher again, but Molly has a new teacher, Mrs. Crabbe.
In the Film
Miss Campbell is played by Sarah Manninen; her fiance is given a name, Lieutenant Tom Davies. Rather than Tom's death being alluded to between books, she learns of his dying during the school spelling bee which leads to both Molly and Emily being named as winners while she is escorted off crying.