Primrose Day [Paperback]

From Carolyn Haywood, author of the beloved Betsy series, here are four more classics for young readers. These adorable stories of childhood adventures are as fresh today as when they were written more than a half century ago. And now, thanks to dynamic new covers, they're ready to charm a whole new generation of readers.

Merry Primrose Ramsay is only a little girl, but because of World War II, she must leave her family in England to live with relatives in America. At first it's not easy living in a new place, but life in America is full of fun. There's a picnic with her new classmates, a birthday party, and at Christmas, Merry receives the best present of all!

Rose finds a brave new world when she leaves WWII England for the shores of the United States.

The author of the popular 'Betsy' books has written another quite as charming. --School Library Journal

Merry Leaves for America

Merry Primrose Ramsay was almost seven years old. She was named Merry because her mother loved merry little girls and Primrose because she was born in the month of April when the primroses bloom in England.

Merry lived in England in the big city of London. When asked whom she lived with, she would reply, I live with my mummy and daddy, Greggie and Molly and Annie. Greggie was a Scottie dog whose name was really MacGregor. Molly was a make-believe playmate and Annie was the cook.

When people asked Merry where she lived she would say, I live at number eight Heartford Square. Then everyone knew that Merry lived in a house that faced a little park. Merry was glad she lived in a house on a square. She liked walking past the houses on one side of the square, then across the end of the square and down the other side. The houses were built of red brick and they all had white stone steps. They were very close together. Merry thought they looked like faces with their cheeks touching. The square was a cozy place tol#(