Here is the 1989 version of the book. Pictures are the same as 2014. Little differences such as citations in Looking Back.
2014 book.
My newer Molly from 2014 with her original box and book.
White body Molly circa 1980s in birthday dress from 2014 collection.
-Ticia
Whenever my daughter gets an American Girl book to read we look for the older books. They were so much better. Luckily our local library still has the older versions as well as the new Beforever books.
ReplyDeleteI do too. I wish I could find my original Samantha collection of stories which is boxed up. It would take forever to find it again and wish I took better care of it now knowing it is rare. I too now look for older books now because of the illustrations and attention to detail. My library is good too on housing older AG books. It is a treat to see.
DeleteI have worked on collecting the old AG books for my granddaughters. I have not regretted it.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had your hindsight with all of thsee books. They are a true treasure.
DeleteI have the 1986 Meet Molly book and the illustrations are much different.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that too. I would love to see more of the different variations. I do not have the 1986 one. Again it would be nice to see why or how they differ. The same is true for Addy, but it was revealed in a recent article that Pleasant Rowland had a falling out with the original illustrator for the first Addy books. Rowland later replaced her. I wonder if that was the case too.
DeleteI didn't know that Addy's changed or the falling out. I know in the mid-nineties is when they redid Samantha's illustrations. I think only the first 3 Molly books were done before they changed illustrators. I don't know if it was a falling out or they weren't satisfied.
DeleteYour dolls are very nice! I love Molly. Wish they had pictures in the newer books. They add so much. Madelon
ReplyDeleteThank you. I wish AG could see the value rich illustrations bring to character books. The Beforever line would be enhanced if they could just see what people want.
DeleteI have two Molly books, Meet Molly,copyright 1985,1989, and book 4, Happy Birthday Molly!, copyright 1987,1989. I believe I bought them from Friends of the Library for fifty cents or a dollar. Unfortunately, our library was flooded by Hurricane Harvey. I love the old versions best.
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