Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve—old enough to do lots of things...even go downtown on their own. There they see their first horseless carriage, discover the joys of the public library, and see a real play at the Opera House. They even find themselves acting in one! Best of all, they help a lonely...
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Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve—old enough to do lots of things...even go downtown on their own. There they see their first horseless carriage, discover the joys of the public library, and see a real play at the Opera House. They even find themselves acting in one! Best of all, they help a lonely new friend feel at home in Deep Valley—the most wonderful place in the world to grow up. Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780064400985 (0064400980)
ASIN: 64400980
Publish date: April 5th 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Betsy-Tacy (#4)
Well, I never figured I'd read all of the first four Betsy-Tacy books, but I did. I've got to do a better job of choosing "adult"-style books and not keep coming up with crap, which is, of course, why I kept reverting to yet another dose of Betsy-Tacy. Perhaps it's all for the best. I rather liked m...
A childhood favorite. I said recently on Twitter that it’s hard to overstate the importance of Betsy Ray. This is the one with Mrs. Poppy and Uncle Keith. They’re all wonderful, of course, but it was a pure pleasure to re-read this one.
Probably if one read this first as a child, it would appeal. But as an adult it gets on the same nerve as so many other of those sentimental "Childhood was so much better back in my day" books. The three friends with the three different interests, personalities, and looks seems as contrived as The...
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