by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski
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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