DICK & JANE BOOKS

JANE WITHERS

J

ane Withers was a freckled, dark-haired childhood

actress.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

S

hirley Temple was a popular childhood actress

during the Great Depression.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE & BO JANGLES

B

o Jangles was a very close friend of Shirley Temple.

GRETA GARBO

G

reta Garbo was an iconic actress during the 1920’s

and 1930’s.

GINGER ROGERSGinger Rogers was an American actress,

dancer, and singer who appeared in film,

on stage, and on television.

Ginger Rogers is well known for her

dancing roles with Fred Astaire.

MASON JARS ARE USED FOR CANNING AND PRESERVING

They have a lid and a band to keep the jars airtight.

Mason Jar filled with jam.

SEN-SEN

Sen-Sen is a type of breath freshener originally marketed as a "breath

perfume" in the late nineteenth century by the T. B. Dunn Company.

Sen-Sen was to the 19th century

what breath mints are to our time.

RAGGEDY ANN DOLL

HENRY FORD

an American industrialist,

the founder of the Ford

Motor Company and sponsor

of the development of the

assembly line technique of

mass production. Although

Ford did not invent the

automobile, he developed

and manufactured the first

automobile that many

middle class Americans

could afford to buy.

FELS NAPHTHA

Fels Naphtha is a laundry soap bar that can also be

used to treat stains and poison ivy.

MENSTRUATION

Referred to as “ministratin” in the book, menstruation is

the monthly process of discharging blood and other

matter from the womb that occurs between puberty and

menopause in women when they are not pregnant.

FORESHADOWING

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will

happen later in the plot.

SYMBOL

A person, place, thing, or event that has

meaning in itself and that also stands for

something more than itself.