{"product_id":"the-betsy-tacy-treasury-the-first-four-betsy-tacy-books-by-maud-hart-lovelace","title":"The Betsy-Tacy Treasury: The First Four Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace","description":"\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.\" --Judy Blume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe First Four Books in the Betsy-Tacy Series in One Volume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith Forewords by Judy Blume, Ann M. Martin and Johanna Hurwitz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first four books in the beloved Betsy-Tacy series, together in one volume, ready to delight a new generation of readers--and to bring a grownup generation of readers back to the engrossing stories of their youth. Following the childhoods of Betsy Ray and her friends in the late 1800s and early 1900s, this handsome anthology collects the original\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetsy-Tacy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eas well as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetsy, Tacy and Tib\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown\u003c\/em\u003e. Forewords by Judy Blume, Esther Hautzig, and Johanna Hurwitz, and the original illustrations by Lois Lenski, will make readers of all ages feel at home in the imaginative life of young Betsy Ray as she awakens to the challenges and triumphs of her home in Deep Valley (Mankato), Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"Betsy-Tacy fans never die. They just reread.\"--Anna Quindlen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray's...As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood--a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace.\"--Ann M. Martin, creator\/author of The Baby-sitter's Club\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"I now realize that one of the reasons I believed I could someday become a writer was because of Betsy's own infallible confidence that she would be a writer.--Mary Kay Andews, New York Times Bestselling Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories.\"--Esther Hautzig, award-winning author, former Director of Children's Book Promotion for Thomas Y. Crowell Co., and former publicist for Betsy's Wedding in 1955\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"Betsy was a high-school junior when automobiles were new...but her problems were much the same as her modern high-school sisters.\"--Chicago Sun\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib . . . three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun.\"--Johanna Hurwitz, award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.\"--Judy Blume\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. What a wonderful world it was!\"--Bette Midler, actor and singer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaud Hart Lovelace\u003c\/strong\u003e (1892-1980) based her Betsy-Tacy series on her own childhood. Her series still boasts legions of fans, many of whom are members of the Betsy-Tacy Society, a national organization based in Mankato, Minnesota.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eOriginally published as individual titles, 1940-1943.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eTarget Age: 8-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eWilliam Morrow \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eNovember 08, 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780062095879\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.28\" H x 8.03\" L x 5.33\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e674 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63575176183948,"sku":"fie1793688752431","price":15.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/1245\/8892\/files\/the-betsy-tacy-treasury-the-first-four-betsy-tacy-books-by-maud-hart-lovelace_1.jpg?v=1793688764","url":"https:\/\/petite-proportion-wear.shop\/products\/the-betsy-tacy-treasury-the-first-four-betsy-tacy-books-by-maud-hart-lovelace","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}