Maud Hart Lovelace
Ah, the beloved Betsy-Tacy series. These are the stories of my childhood. As we moved around the country, I felt like these were the friends that moved with me. We started with reading the four books that were about their childhood, growing up in Deep Valley, Minnesota around the turn of the century. Then I followed Betsy, Tacy and Tib through their high school years (with all the various ups and downs of high school, crushes, dances and more). I toured Europe with Betsy. I read as she FINALLY married Joe Willard and followed her as a newlywed. Some years later, I found a few more Deep Valley books. The two books mentioned above are her freshman and sophomore years of high school respectively. I am reading through the series again this summer before I pack up all my books to move to Mississippi. Mr. Mays agreed that if I have to be moved all over the country and perhaps all over the world and be moved away from friends and family, I could at least bring my fictional friends along.
These are such wonderful, classic books. I've read each book at least a dozen times and I still love
re-reading them again. They are mentioned in my favorite movie, as well. :) Hope that you'll get a chance to pick up one of these books soon. They really are enchanting.
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