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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Hardcover - 1969

by Rachel Field; Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator)

A favorite since it was first published in 1929, this Newbery Medal winner is a timeless classic about a very special doll of great charm and character.


About this book

Hitty Her First Hundred Years is a memoir written in the voice of a doll, Mehitabel, or Hitty for short, constructed in 1822 from the wood of a Mountain Ash tree from Ireland by a peddler stranded during a winter storm at a house in Maine. After giving the doll to the young daughter of the house,  Phoebe, whose father is a captain on a whaling ship, Hitty embarks on many adventures throughout the world, meeting many interesting people along the way.

The adventures of Hitty were inspired by a doll purchased by the author, Rachel Fields, which now resides at the Stockbridge Library Association in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, was awarded the Newbery Medal of Excellence in 1930. 

Hitty was rewritten by Susan Jeffers and Rosemary Wells in 1999, updated, simplified, and released as Rachel Field’s Hitty, and with an addition of the doll’s experiences during the American Civil War. 

From the publisher

Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. One glance at her portrait will show that she is no ordinary doll. Hitty, or Mehitable as she was really named, was made in the early 1800s for Phoebe Preble, a little girl from Maine. Young Phoebe was very proud of her beautiful doll and took her everywhere, even on a long sailing trip in a whaler. This is the story of Hitty's years with Phoebe, and the many that follow in the life of a well-loved doll.

First line

The antique shop is very still now.

First Edition Identification

Hitty was first published by MacMIllan in 1929. First editions and later early printings are in red decorative cloth. Illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop with 3 color plates, but many full page and in-text black and white illustrations.

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  • Title Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
  • Author Rachel Field; Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date April 1, 1969
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780027348408 / 0027348407
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 6.47 x 0.91 in (21.59 x 16.43 x 2.31 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 1100
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Maine, Dolls
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 29022704
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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