Can you identify this book for me?

[meditrina]

I read it as a girl, and I think it may have been passed on by my older cousins, so could be from 1950s.

Set in New York, it was about a family whose children pooled their pocket money and took it in turn to go out for an individual treat. The only one I can remember was one of the daughters wanted her long hair cur off, and whilst it was being done they painted her nails too, which terrified her because of likely parental disapproval. She couldn't get it off and parents spotted it at the dinner table, and minded far less than she'd feared.

The rest of the book had descriptions of the other sibling's treats.

Sorry, it's no much to go on, but does it ring any bells?

Elizabeth Enright, The Saturdays.

I loved that book. I'm sure there was a poodle called Tartuffe in it? And a detailed description of petit four?

Yes, the saturdays. There were four books with the melendy family, I love them all

^what thery all said.^^6

really hard to find them now

Ignore that - I just checked ebay and it seems they've all been re-issued! Wooo!

I loved that book. The youngest Saturday went to the circus? And one of the others went to the opera?

I loved that book too!

Thank you all so much!

And good news about the re-issue - something nice to go on the hints list.