I went to Barnes and Noble today and I saw some newer versus older Happy Birthday Molly books. I was eager to see if they changed the illustrations to make Emily's hair longer and sure enough they did.

Emily's hair signifigantly was lengthened in the illustrations of the new editions of the book and the line "It was gingery-red and absolutely straight, cut short" was edited so the "cut short" part was removed. I didn't buy the new edition of the book, but I have the old edition from my Molly box-set so I can't scan pics to show.