For readers new to chapter books, the words and sentences are simple but interesting, and the books are long enough to give them a real sense of accomplishment without being intimidating. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they dont. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. Tibs German ancestry is not pronounced in the early books in the series. I cant name just one, but instead offer a series of books - Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace. Betsy-Tacy and Tib Show full title By Maud Hart Lovelace and Lois Lenski 4 / 5 ( 209 ratings ) Unavailable in your country About this ebook Three of a Kind Betsy and Tacy are best friends. This series is a beloved classic for a reason, and fluent readers will want to both fly through the pages and savor the story. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib befriend a little Syrian girl, Naifi, in the first book. Despite being set in an earlier time, the girls' evolving world is relatable because of the universal emotions so open on the page: wanting to be popular, wanting to win a contest, missing a friend who has moved, and facing the internal struggles of growing up.

Given that the first book was published in 1940, some of the ideas and phrasing are dated (regarding gender roles, different cultures) but not offensive. There's surprising depth to the early simplicity when Tacy's baby sister dies, the girls talk about where she must be, and in later years, they like to sit on the fence and talk about God. Similar to the Little House on the Prairie books, the girls' early lives are filled with paper dolls, games packed with imagination rather than toys, and in later books, horseless carriages, travel, love, loss, and an appreciation that the world is a big, complicated place.

And one day, they come home to a wonderful surprise-a new friend named Tib.Įver since their first publication in the 1940's, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.Parents need to know that Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy series about three white girlfriends is a gentle walk through the idealized simplicity of life in the Midwest in the 1940s. They make a playhouse from a piano box, have a sand store, and dress up and go calling. She followed her dream and became the author of the universally loved series of Betsy-Tacy books. And from the moment they meet at Betsy's fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy become such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one person-Betsy-Tacy.īetsy and Tacy have lots of fun together. Welcome to the Betsy-Tacy Society As a young girl, Maud Hart Lovelace dreamed of becoming a writer. Sure enough, they do-a little girl named Tacy. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with.

There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age.

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