What is the source of the devotion that followers of Betsy, Tacy, and Tib, three girls growing up in a small town in Minnesota at the turn of the twentieth century, maintain into adulthood? The series of ten novels, which take Betsy and her close friends from the age of five to young adulthood, seems to fill a nostalgic need to re-imagine childhood as a wonderful era almost free of conflict or suffering. Poppyīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 09 The Pink Stationeryīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 10 Christmas Shoppingīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 11 Mrs.Book Referenced: The Betsy-Tacy Treasury – Maud Hart Lovelace and Lois Lenksi, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2011 (reprint of first four books in the series, 1940-1943) The girls are 12 years old now, and having adventures further from home!īetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 01 The Maple Treeīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 02 The Horseless Carriageīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 03 Winona’s Ticketsīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 04 More About Winona’s Ticketsīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 05 Uncle Tom’s Cabinīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 06 Betsy’s Deskīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 07 A Trip to the Libraryīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown: 08 Mrs. The third book in the Betsy-Tacy series.īetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 01 Getting to be Tenīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 02 Ten Years oldīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 03 The King of Spainīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 04 Naifiīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 05 The School Entertainmentīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 06 A Quarrelīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 07 Out For Votesīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 08 Little Syriaīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 09 The Quarrel Againīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 10 A Princessīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill: 11 A Queenīetsy and Tacy Go Downtown - the fourth book in the Betsy-Tacy series. Ekstrom’sīetsy-Tacy and Tib: 04 The House in Tib’s Basementīetsy-Tacy and Tib: 05 Everything Puddingīetsy-Tacy and Tib: 07 Red Hair, Yellow Hair, and Brownīetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill, by Maud Hart Lovelace.

The second book in the Betsy-Tacy series.īetsy-Tacy and Tib: 01 Begging at Mrs. Paste this rss link into your favorite podcast app:īetsy-Tacy and Tib, by Maud Hart Lovelace. *NEW* Subscribe to this book as a podcast and download all chapters at once.

(The series grows with the girls, so please don’t be put off by the relative simplicity of this first book.) You can find out more at the Betsy-Tacy Society: The series is based on the author’s life her family and friends have been renamed, but they really were just like the the people in the books! The first book starts in 1897, when Betsy and Tacy meet, just before Betsy’s fifth birthday. The first three books can be streamed here:īetsy-Tacy: the first book in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. The wonderful Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace!

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