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I fell in love with the entire series of Betsy-Tacy books back in elementary school. For some reason they became very hard-to-find until sometime in the 80s or 90s, when they were first reprinted. in paperback.

I bought the series & re-read it, and it was one of those rare things remembered from childhood that turn out to be even better than you remember them! They are lovely stories of the long friendship between two girls who grow up together in late 1800s - early 1900s Minnesota, closely based on the author's own life. Sounds sentimental, maybe, I know - but the entire series is just charming, both in its characters and their stories, and in the books' evocative depiction of life in a different time.

The first few Betsy-Tacy books are about very young girls, and as such are simpler, written for girls of about ages 7- 11 or so. The books become increasingly complex as the girls grow up, ending with the characters' various college educations, travels and marriages.The book I'm reviewing consists of two of the latest books together, and are necessarily a bit more serious, as they depict the character's lives during World War I, adjusting to marriage, etc.

ANYWAY - everyone I've introduced to the Betsy-Tacy books, young or old, have loved them. This includes my husband, who had his doubts but eventually picked up one of the mid-period books, couldn't put it down, and ended up reading, and loving, the entire series! * A note; it's well worth searching out the original hardcovers, or some of the earlier paperback reprints for the original pen-&-ink illustrations, which are (again) charming and gracefully rendered -even if only to have seen them! They are far better than the newer, full-color drawings used in most of reprints of the
later Betsy-Tacy books.


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Betsy Was a Junior/Betsy and Joe Maud Hart Lovelace Books Reviews

I recommend starting out with the first book in the series (when Betsy and Tacy are in kindergarten) and going through them sequentially. These are books #7 and #8 (covering Betsy's junior and senior years of high school). They all take place in the late 1800's and early 1900's and are very loosely autobiographical. Reading them felt like a little getaway for me (and this was my second time around). I am sure I will read them all again someday.
I had not read these books as I was growing up, but found that they are wonderful stories. Stories that takes one back to a gentle, slower time.
I have always loved the Betsy/Tacy series and when I saw all the books were on , I went a bit crazy. I have been rereading them all and they are just as delightful as I remember from my childhood.
I am a long-time fan of the Betsy-Tacy books, especially the high school series. They provide a glimpse into life at the turn of the century. I own them all.
Nothing in the world makes you feel better than a Betsy-Tacy book, and, in my opinion, Heaven to Betsy is the best of them all, although every other Betsy-Tacy book is a close second.
A male friend of mine who read the whole series describes Lovelace as the American Proust. You are THERE with Betsy and her family in Deep Valley, Minnesota, starting in 1897 and concluding 20 years later.
Along the way you relive a happy childhood and with Betsy and her friends--and then go on to a typical adolescent teenage period, before the last two books, which include Betsy's adventures in the Great World and, at last, her marriage and early wedded life to the guy she's loved since the day she met him.
Home schoolers and their parents love these books. The quality of the writing is unsurpassed, the values are superb and these girls are great role models, without being in any way boring--they are altogether too human for that.
You want laugh out loud funny? Read a Betsy-Tacy book.
You want a few tears and a lot of empathizing?
You want nostalgia, and love, and joy? Lovelace delivers them all, in spades.
Amazing, accomplished women all over the world love these books. Don't miss out on one of the greatest pleasures life can afford--an introduction to the world of Betsy Ray.
The entire Betsy series is incredible. My Mom introduced me to it when I was a small girl, and I continue to re-read the books when I feel like curling up with a good novel. There is little better than lounging around on a cold or rainy day with a Maud Hart book.

Betsy and Joe is my absolute favorite. Reading it always makes me feel like I'm getting a hug. It touches my heart no matter how many times I read it.

Betsy is the friend everyone wishes they had! Amazing read, tremendous series, and certaintly worth the read and re-read.
So happy that these books are still available for future generations. When I was in middle school I read each of the "high school" Betsy books-Heaven to Betsy when she was a frosh, Betsy in Spite of Herself-a sophomore, Betsy was a Junior and her senior year was described in Betsy and Joe. Very exciting to see her traveling through high school, with the highs and lows and then to be able to read her after graduation adventures and marriage--knowing it was based on her own life. She was such a success in life and it was a joy to read her vivid descriptions of the details of life in the early 1900's. (Even Bette Midler was a fan and wrote the intro to the new editions.)
I fell in love with the entire series of Betsy-Tacy books back in elementary school. For some reason they became very hard-to-find until sometime in the 80s or 90s, when they were first reprinted. in paperback.

I bought the series & re-read it, and it was one of those rare things remembered from childhood that turn out to be even better than you remember them! They are lovely stories of the long friendship between two girls who grow up together in late 1800s - early 1900s Minnesota, closely based on the author's own life. Sounds sentimental, maybe, I know - but the entire series is just charming, both in its characters and their stories, and in the books' evocative depiction of life in a different time.

The first few Betsy-Tacy books are about very young girls, and as such are simpler, written for girls of about ages 7- 11 or so. The books become increasingly complex as the girls grow up, ending with the characters' various college educations, travels and marriages.The book I'm reviewing consists of two of the latest books together, and are necessarily a bit more serious, as they depict the character's lives during World War I, adjusting to marriage, etc.

ANYWAY - everyone I've introduced to the Betsy-Tacy books, young or old, have loved them. This includes my husband, who had his doubts but eventually picked up one of the mid-period books, couldn't put it down, and ended up reading, and loving, the entire series! * A note; it's well worth searching out the original hardcovers, or some of the earlier paperback reprints for the original pen-&-ink illustrations, which are (again) charming and gracefully rendered -even if only to have seen them! They are far better than the newer, full-color drawings used in most of reprints of the
later Betsy-Tacy books.