There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, Let's speak up to keep Maud's dream alive. * To sustain interest in the lifestyle of the period, with special emphasis on family and women's history. * To preserve existing landmarks and sites associated with the real people and places portrayed in the Betsy-Tacy books and * To advocate for the reissue of any titles not currently in print * To promote and maintain the availability of Mrs. The Betsy-Tacy Society was founded in 1990 by a group of 12 Mankato-area admirers of Maud Hart Lovelace's life and writing it now numbers more than 1500 members. More from Lorie Ann: I was so happy to discover the Betsy-Tacy Society. Each work shows the characters age about a year until marriage in Betsy's Wedding.īetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942) Heaven to Betsy takes the characters to high school. The first four titles focus on the girls from ages 5 to 10. The entire series follows the girls as they mature.
Shyness, siblings, imaginations, and death are a few of the concepts explored. What's a hitching block, or a pussy hood, and how do starched petticoats button to muslin underwaists? At the same time universal timeless themes are touched upon that our girls will still connect to personally. I found American cultural history our girls should be exposed to today. Rereading Betsy-Tacy, I was struck by the history contained in the thin volume. Whether going to school for the first time or riding a feather above their homes, the girls discover the world. From everyday life to extraordinary fantasy, the duo is inseparable. Set in Deep Valley, Minnesota (Mankato, Minnesota, the author's town) in 1898, the girls' adventures abound.
The original works were illustrated brilliantly by Lois Lenski.Īt the start, we meet five-year-old Betsy and her new friend, Tacy. In 1940 Maud Hart Lovelace published her first novel Betsy-Tacy of the future series. When Nancy informed us that the Betsy-Tacy series was going out of print, you should have heard the divas groan! I'm sad to say, we have our first OOPS! entry. If we all rant and copy and repost the blogs as we are able, maybe we'll tug the ears of the publishers. We will make it our aim at readergirlz to draw your attention to books that are sadly going out of print (OOP). Thank you to reviewer, blogger, and all-around book brainiac Little Willow for alerting me to this issue and getting me the permission to repost this piece from Lorie Ann Grover (I wanted to the same thing with Little Willow’s name that she did with Lori Anne’s-you know, where you click on it and it links to her website? But I am an idiot, and I don’t know how.)Īnyway, as a huge Betsy-Tacy fan, I had to spread the word:
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