Maud Hart Lovelace

Heaven to Betsy: Betsy Ray is loving every minute of freshman year at Deep Valley High-with new and old friends all around her . . . not to mention boys! But most intriguing of all is the one she and her best friend, Tacy, dub "the Tall Dark Stranger." Betsy in Spite of Herself: Betsy is at the center of every activity as a Deep Valley High sophomore-and suddenly, thanks to her old friend Tib, she's offered a golden opportunity for glorious transformation....

Betsy and the Great World: Betsy Ray is twenty-one and on the adventure of a lifetime: a solo tour of Europe! There's even a handsome Italian, Marco, who's going overboard for her-if only she could stop thinking about her ex-sweetheart Joe Willard. Betsy's Wedding: When Betsy's boat docks in New York, Joe is waiting there . . . with a ring! But she's going to learn that marriage isn't all candlelight, roses, and kisses. There's also cooking, ironing,...

"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy." -Judy Blume "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." -Ann M. Martin, author of The Baby-sitter's Club Two of Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Deep Valley books join the Harper Perennial Modern...

After Tib Muller moves into the town where Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly live, the eight-year-olds never quarrel, even when learning to fly--from the limb of a tree.

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib go over the Big Hill to Little Syria and meet some refugees and learn that new Americans are sometimes the best Americans and that they wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

This historical novel set at Old Fort Snelling in the 1830's is a rich and romantic re-creation of the early settlement period in Minnesota's history. Maud Hart Lovelace's careful research into the documents of the Historical Society, combined with her knowledge of the actual setting, enabled her to write a story that conveys a sense of time and place both accurate and compelling for young adults as well as general readers.

Story of Betsy-Tacy and Tib, seniors in the class of 1910, who have typical teen-age problems.

Young marrieds, Betsy and Joe, have many problems to share on their return from their honeymoon just before World War I.

Winona Root is almost eight years old and she wants a pony for her birthday.