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Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy #2)
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Betsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Sometimes they quarrel with Betsy's and Tacy's bossy big sisters, but they never quarrel among themselves.
They are not as good as they might be. They cook up awful messes in the kitchen, t
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Published
1941
by Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
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Apr 24, 2009
Abigail
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Young Readers with Heart / Sydney Taylor Fans
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Jun 10, 2008
Lisa Vegan
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
everybody, especially girls & women
Recommended to Lisa by:
Ginny and CLM
This book shows such an idyllic childhood, even in an era before vaccination was available for diphtheria. While my childhood experiences were significantly different, there was much familiar here. Maud Hart Lovelace really remember what it feels like to be a child.
I particularly enjoyed the story of the three haircuts. The Everything Pudding story was fun as well.
For adults who have missed this book, even if you grew up many years after Maud Hart Lovelace’s time, you’ll feel a sense of nostalgi...more
I particularly enjoyed the story of the three haircuts. The Everything Pudding story was fun as well.
For adults who have missed this book, even if you grew up many years after Maud Hart Lovelace’s time, you’ll feel a sense of nostalgi...more
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9/2012 Stet
12/2007 Re-reading this book hardly counts as reading, since I know it like the back of my hand. The entire series is so well-written and just plain fun that revisiting it is a treat. Lovelace's essential voice is unchanged throughout the series, yet she writes in a tone designed to engage readers of the characters' ages especially. My favorite part of this book is where Tib's family's "hired girl" Matilda catches them at mischief:
'"The dining room looks all right now," Betsy added. "...more
12/2007 Re-reading this book hardly counts as reading, since I know it like the back of my hand. The entire series is so well-written and just plain fun that revisiting it is a treat. Lovelace's essential voice is unchanged throughout the series, yet she writes in a tone designed to engage readers of the characters' ages especially. My favorite part of this book is where Tib's family's "hired girl" Matilda catches them at mischief:
'"The dining room looks all right now," Betsy added. "...more
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Oct 22, 2007
Carmen Maloy
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
everyone
Betsy-Tacy and Tib" is the follow up to the popular "Betsy-Tacy". The book pretty much picks up where "Betsy-Tacy" leaves off. In this book, the girls get a third friend named Tib, a cute blonde girl who had moved to Deep Valley with her family from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It didn't take very long for the two girls to hit it off with Tib.
It quickly becomes apparent that Tib is more adventurous and free-spirited which gets Betsy and Tacy into heaps of trouble but what young girl didn't get into tr...more
It quickly becomes apparent that Tib is more adventurous and free-spirited which gets Betsy and Tacy into heaps of trouble but what young girl didn't get into tr...more
My absolute favorite series growing up! I have a lot of big serious books on tap for this fall so I'm going to be frivolous in between them and re-read the Betsy-Tacy series.
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I have no idea where I got these books, but I had the whole series -- starting from when Betsy, Tacy and Tib were in first grade, and ending with "Betsy and the World" where she's a famous journalist, and she's travelling the world alone, on a steamer ship, because she just broke off her engagement ... well, I don't want to give it all away. These books are soooo fun, and simple and innocent, but the girls are always having a great time. They really inspired me, especially to write, when I was y...more
After reading the first book, I decided to immediately get the second book from the library. While I'm happy that I've continued to read, I wasn't as into Betsy-Tacy and Tib. I think with the addition of Tib, I realized something -- I didn't really enjoy Tacy as much as I adored Betsy and Tib! Betsy's imaginative nature and Tib's pragmatic nature are extremes that play off well against each other and make them fun to read. Tacy's defining trait of shyness isn't as enjoyable to read though I did...more
I think I like this one even more than Betsy-Tacy. Maud's descriptions are balm to my soul. For example: “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside” (p. 4). Such a beautiful turn of phrase. I also really love all of her descriptions of wildflowers and sunsets. :)
For some of the things they did, like the flying (Chapter 2 and 3), I thought that it seemed a bit odd that eight-year-olds wouldn’t know that you can’t fly. But perhaps the...more
For some of the things they did, like the flying (Chapter 2 and 3), I thought that it seemed a bit odd that eight-year-olds wouldn’t know that you can’t fly. But perhaps the...more
I liked this book even more than the first, which is saying something. :) It brings me back to my childhood when I used to make potions with toothpaste, lemon juice and other fun pastes and liquids I could find around the house. I think every child likes to experiment with and mull over in their minds what careers they could choose (ex. chemistry, business, etc.) and what life will be like when they're grown. I loved joining this threesome as they played and discovered in childlike ways.
While I...more
While I...more
Di akhir buku pertama, pasangan sahabat Betsy dan Tacy mendapatkan seorang teman baru yang bernama Tib. Tib yang manis dan hobi menari. Tib yang rumahnya lebih besar dan lebih indah daripada rumah Betsy dan Tacy. Semula Betsy dan Tacy mengira mereka berdua tidak akan bisa menyukai Tib. Akan tetapi setelah bertemu ternyata mereka bertiga cocok. Mulailah mereka ke mana-mana pergi bertiga, tak lagi berdua saja. Semula orang-orang menyangka hadirnya orang ketiga dalam persahabatan Betsy Tacy akan me...more
Betsy-Tacy and Tib is by far my favorite of the first three books! There were two stories in this book that really made me laugh! They were just so incredibly cute!
One is when the girls decide to cut each others hair. This story really reminded me of one of my childhood adventures. I didn't have any friends persuading me, though. I saw my momma getting a haircut, and naturally I decided I needed a haircut, too! I have very short hair in my kindergarten picture.
"They went to Betsy's house first....more
One is when the girls decide to cut each others hair. This story really reminded me of one of my childhood adventures. I didn't have any friends persuading me, though. I saw my momma getting a haircut, and naturally I decided I needed a haircut, too! I have very short hair in my kindergarten picture.
"They went to Betsy's house first....more
As much as I loved Betsy/Tacy I adore the fact that Tib became friends with Betsy and Tacy. She was the sweet but also was willing to be a little bit more naughty. She added a great dimension to the books.
The real Tib, in later life, lived in Chicago and my Aunt was a friend of hers and that is how I fell in love with the books.
The real Tib, in later life, lived in Chicago and my Aunt was a friend of hers and that is how I fell in love with the books.
Betsy-Tacy and Tib is the second book in the Betsy-Tacy series. In this book, Betsy and Tacy meet Tib(short for Thelma). Tib is rich and lives in a huge house. All three girls become friends, and have amazing adventures. In this book, the girls are eight. Lovelace's series continues through high school, and finally, to when Betsy is married.
As in the last book, Betsy has an incredible imagination. Especially after Tacy gets sick. In the book, Tacy gets diptheria, so after she gets better, Betsy...more
As in the last book, Betsy has an incredible imagination. Especially after Tacy gets sick. In the book, Tacy gets diptheria, so after she gets better, Betsy...more
A new kid in the mix! Tib! She's from far off Milwaukee and she lives in the Chocolate House down the street! In this book the kids get in all kinds of trouble, learning how to fly, cooking Everything Pudding, cutting of each others hair, and starting a club about being Good Christian Girls that ends up with them trying to out-sin each other. Ah the joys of being approximately 8 to 10! Also! Tacy gets diphtheria! Tib sometimes is a bit too matter of fact but the girls like her anyway!
It's tough...more
It's tough...more
Jan 04, 2010
Heidi
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4 of 5 stars
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There is something that this series reminds me of, or a compilation of somethings. But I haven't quite figured it out, yet. I do have reminiscence of the books I read in 3rd-5th grade. This second in the series is, again, a telling of a few tales, but this time in a friend trio instead of a duo. At the beginning of the book, I was only so-so about them. But by the end, I just couldn't help finding them endearing. The writing is not bad, but it's not the greatest I've encountered. It's the charac...more
The second book in the Betsy-Tacy series is just as fun as the first one. Surprisingly, the addition of a third girl, Tib, does not result in the usual "third wheel" syndrome in playtime dynamics. Several of my favorite adventures were a visit to see The Flying Lady at the carnival, and a disastrous haircutting episode that leaves each girl with huge chunks of hair missing from one side of her head! Following the hair debacle, they start a "Be Good" club that backfires when they find that keepin...more
Yup, still love these books. The girls are starting to be grown up at the end of this book, what with the becoming 10 - that is, having two numbers in their age, so our own reading of the series will take a break for a little while now. Madeleine is captivated now - i wonder if she will enjoy reading this as she grows older?
I think one of the things that really entrances me in these books is the description of really normal little girls - creative, playful, girls with a childhood. They come from...more
I think one of the things that really entrances me in these books is the description of really normal little girls - creative, playful, girls with a childhood. They come from...more
Happy to find these books still hold up on re-read (even these very young ones!) This series just seems to improve as the characters age. This book has what is probably the most memorable scene from the series - when the girls cut each others hair to make lockets. But by far the funniest chapter, which somehow I had forgotten, was when they started a club to get into heaven be good. Whenever they were bad they punished themselves, but punishing themselves was so fun that it just led to them bein...more
I am going through the Betsy-Tacy books at the instance of a friend. First, I continue to love the pictures. Second, this second of the series goes beyond the "feelings" of childhood life so well described in the first one. It becomes far more complicated. I love the chapters on the The Christian Kindness Club. I think an old fashioned reader (like me) would enjoy how it represents St. Paul's discourse in the letter to the Romans how the law gives rise to sin. Just so for the girls. Otherwise, t...more
I first read this series when I was nine or ten, and I thought this book was the best. It's still good. I laughed all the way through it. It takes you back to turn-of-the century Wisconsin, when ladies did their hair in pompadours, and fathers were stern but kindly. Little girls always wore dresses, even when they were going outside to play (which of course gave them lots of opportunities to be naughty.) When the noon whistle blew at the mill, the children all ran home for "dinner." I used to wi...more
I have to say, I was a little skeptical at first when I started to read this book, but I am so glad that I kept with it. What a cute story. Betsy-Tacy and Tib are three adorable little girls who have an eye for adventure and being mischevious. No matter how hard they try NOT to get into trouble, it seems to always find them.
I would love it if we still lived in a time when our children could run and play freely in the streets and not have to be too worried about there safety. This was a great re...more
I would love it if we still lived in a time when our children could run and play freely in the streets and not have to be too worried about there safety. This was a great re...more
Jan 22, 2012
Marie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Laura Ingalls Wilder Lovers
Recommended to Marie by:
Heather Vogel Frederick
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This book was definitely way better than the first. There are adventures were more sophisticated; which was great, but also wasn't. The simplicity was nice before, the more complex simplicity is good, too. 'm not sure which I like best. Either way, these were really sweet. My favorite part was when they cut off their hair and Tacy's mother saved Tacy's hair in her bureau drawer. I also loved Aunt Dolly. I would have loved to see a wealthy Victorian lady.
These books are also fun to see what it w...more
These books are also fun to see what it w...more
Betsy-Tacy and Tib, the second book in the beloved Betsy-Tacy series, was originally published in 1941. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are 8 years old now. Betsy and Tacy have been friends for 3 years, and they’ve been friends with Tib for 2 years. Their friendship is quarrel-free, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get into their fair share of trouble. Like Betsy-Tacy, Betsy-Tacy and Tib lacks a major plot and is comprised of mini adventures. Nevertheless, this book was ever more entertaining than the firs...more
This second installment in the beloved Betsy-Tacy series continues to delight! The previous book ended with Betsy and Tacy meeting the much anticipated new girl named Tib. Two years later the three girls, now eight years old, are an inseparable trio. Much like the first book this one is mostly episodic, chronicling the young friends' many little adventures and misadventures.
There are so many things that make this deceptively simple series so very remarkable. I'm amazed at how it is simultaneousl...more
There are so many things that make this deceptively simple series so very remarkable. I'm amazed at how it is simultaneousl...more
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I’ve read the first two books of the series and, so far, I am growing fond of these books. I like that the books seem to be written for the age level the characters are, so the books grow with the reader. Betsy and Tacy are both charming little girls, who are good but do still get into a little trouble at times...I can’t wait to read further in the series as I’ve heard the books get even better as the girls get older.
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At the age of 8 enter Tib and now the friends become a threesome. Three is never odd one out with these girls. They support each other in every way, including cutting their hair off so they can weave the three different colors together to put in handmade lockets thus declaring their friendship forever. They make a club about being good, they learn how to stay home alone- both not without mishaps, and they scoff at Tib's dad when he insists Tib will become a house wife. Betsy and Tacy know in th...more
Oct 17, 2011
Cassandra
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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I didn't like this book quite as much as the first book, but it was still very cute. I can't see reading these books as an adult unless you read them as a child. However, I can easily picture reading them to a little girl. What fun adventures! My brother and I made a "everything pudding" only we were a bit more choosy about what we included. Ours was a fancy chili and actually turned out edible!
This series is definitely a children's classic. I have borrowed them from my mom, who loves them, and I'm really glad I'm finally reading the series!
Book two is similar in tone to book one, with the trio of girls getting up to all kinds of shenanigans. The chapters about the hair incident and the club about "being good" cracked me up.
I am really looking forward to the rest of the series.
Book two is similar in tone to book one, with the trio of girls getting up to all kinds of shenanigans. The chapters about the hair incident and the club about "being good" cracked me up.
I am really looking forward to the rest of the series.
The second book in my all time favorite series. Wonderful and sweetly nostalgic stories of the delightful friendship of first Betsy and Tacy, and then their friend Thelma, nicknamed Tib, early in the 20th century. It's even mentioned in the film You've Got Mail, and it's readers are so devoted that there is a Betsy-Tacy Society with meetings and newsletters.
BOTTOM LINE: Another nice entry in what is for many women a most-beloved series from their youth. Three 9-year-old girls in a small town in mid-western America in the late 1890s quietly, and gently, grow up in loving and secure families. Nice bits of info concerning daily life, well-written, but rather slow for the adult reader for whom this is the first read.
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Maud Hart Lovelace was born on April 25, 1892, in Mankato, Minnesota. She was the middle of three children born to Thomas and Stella (Palmer) Hart. Her sister, Kathleen, was three years older, and her other sister, Helen, was six years younger. “That dear family" was the model for the fictional Ray family.
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