![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Likewise the fourth book was first titled Downtown and later changed to Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown. It was instead titled Over the Big Hill and later changed to Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill. Maud titled the third Betsy-Tacy book Betsy, Tacy and Tib are Ten, but the publisher didn't like the title. The Betsy-Tacy series began in the form of bedtime stories that Maud told her daughter, Merian. Likewise each of the last six books in the series ( Heavens to Betsy, Betsy in Spite of Herself, Betsy Was a Junior, Betsy and Joe, Betsy and the Great World, and Betsy's Wedding) increase both in vocabulary difficulty and in content. ![]() The first four books in the Betsy-Tacy series ( Betsy-Tacy, Betsy, Tacy and Tib, Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill, and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown) increase in reading difficulty so that the child reading can grow up along with Betsy, Tacy and Tib. The real Betsy (Maud), Tacy (Bick), and Tib (Midge) were all present in Mankato for the celebration of Betsy-Tacy Day, October 7, 1961. Before we reach the end of October and in turn the end of the Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge I thought I'd share a few quotes, facts, and links about these books and their much beloved author. ![]()
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