Betsy & Tacy, Part I: Initial Enthusiasm

I haven't ever read the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace, although apparently my friend Sarah at Library Hospital is a pretty big fan. She has been reading through the series lately and is hosting a reading challenge in hopes of garnering support of her little craze and I'm happy to get on board and fill in some holes in my reading repertoire. Here I am!

When I heard about this challenge, I thought I would read just the first book or two of the series to familiarize myself with it. I picked up the books at the library and got going and now I confess that I'm ploughing through the series post-haste. Why!? Because I cannot get enough of these little girls.

The woman we have to thank for the series ---->

You know, most pictures of authors in days gone by do not look remotely attractive. They look glum and austere. I was delighted to look at this picture of Maud Hart Lovelace and see relaxed happiness. She doesn't look pinched at all! Rather, she looks like someone who knows how to laugh, which makes her books easier to understand.

(She kinda has a Renée Zellweger pursed lip thing going here, don'tcha think?)

At any rate, I think she looks charming. I know her books sure are!

Sarah, you have sparked a new love in me for this series. Thanks for the prompt. Over the course of the next month, while the Maud Hart Lovelace Challenge is going on, I hope to finish the series. I'm finding it's not that difficult a reading project.

Find out more about Sarah's challenge by CLICKING HERE!

Don't forget to have fun (it would be hard not to)!

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Also, if you'd like to learn about the original illustrator for the Betsy-Tacy books, you can read my post about Lois Lenski. I had fun learning more about her last week!