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Betsy and the Boys
(Betsy #4)
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Carolyn Haywood's stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the Betsy books will find their way onto the bookshelves of modern young readers--and into the hearts of a whole new generation.
It's a new year, and Betsy has a new wish: She is going to play football on the boys' team. Of course, the boys ...more
It's a new year, and Betsy has a new wish: She is going to play football on the boys' team. Of course, the boys ...more
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Paperback, 160 pages
Published
May 1st 2004
by HMH Books for Young Readers
(first published July 19th 1945)
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Definitely dated in some ways. Red police car, receipt for recipe, Lucy the cook....
But I do like that Betsy gets to play football. Too bad she doesn't play it longer, but I guess it was probably boring after a month.
I liked this book better than the previous two. She has more agency, more chances for things to go wrong and for her own efforts being needed to fix them. Still, Busy Summer is the best I've yet read. ...more
But I do like that Betsy gets to play football. Too bad she doesn't play it longer, but I guess it was probably boring after a month.
I liked this book better than the previous two. She has more agency, more chances for things to go wrong and for her own efforts being needed to fix them. Still, Busy Summer is the best I've yet read. ...more
This wasn't my favorite of the Betsy books. I wasn't particularly interested in the episodes here, they didn't feel as connected to the rest of the series and Betsy seemed a little different somehow. I'm also not sure how I felt about the resolution of Betsy wanting to play football with the neighborhood boys (view spoiler)
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Dec 03, 2011
Jeanne
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I first discovered this delightful novel as a young student at Windsor Elementary School. Heck, all these years later, I still remember the name of the first chapter, “Pancakes and Cream Puffs.” I guess I really liked this one as a kid.
Anyway, this is Betsy’s story. In the fourth grade and full of spunk, Betsy wants to play football with the boys. She also wants to make pancakes and cream puffs with her pal, Billy Porter. And there’s also a strange misunderstanding involving boys and valentines. ...more
Anyway, this is Betsy’s story. In the fourth grade and full of spunk, Betsy wants to play football with the boys. She also wants to make pancakes and cream puffs with her pal, Billy Porter. And there’s also a strange misunderstanding involving boys and valentines. ...more
This is a fun read. I rarely give five stars, I remember reading what I called in elementary school, "The Betsy Books" over and over again.
No one should 'expect' this book to speak to today's children, however, I think reading it can teach children today what life was like decades before they were born. They may have even been considered "outdated" in the 1960's when I read them. That never occurred to me when I was a kid. I just liked the way Carolyn Haywood tells her stories.
I love these book ...more
No one should 'expect' this book to speak to today's children, however, I think reading it can teach children today what life was like decades before they were born. They may have even been considered "outdated" in the 1960's when I read them. That never occurred to me when I was a kid. I just liked the way Carolyn Haywood tells her stories.
I love these book ...more
I'll give it 3 stars if this is a read aloud to a child 8 or younger.
By the time most 21st century children read well enough to pick this up on their own it would be too simplistic and dated. ...more
By the time most 21st century children read well enough to pick this up on their own it would be too simplistic and dated. ...more
Fun, sweet book from my childhood. It was good to reread it.
Lizzie: I didn't like this as well as the other Betsy books I have read. This one seemed to end at a weird part, like it would be finished in a later book.
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My 7 year old really enjoyed this!
Jul 24, 2009
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Haywood, C. (1945). Betsy and the Boys. Orlando: Harcourt Books.
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Don’t judge a book by the cover. This cover is an update. The content of this book and the illustrations are authentic 1940s fluff. Betsy and the Boys follows the daily lives of Betsy and her best friend Billy as they cook, attend school, enjoy Valentine's Day, prepare for a play, wash dogs and play football.
With all of the ‘gees’, ‘gollies’, ‘jimminies’ and ‘you betchas,’ it’s easy to think the book is stereotypical of t ...more
0152051023
Don’t judge a book by the cover. This cover is an update. The content of this book and the illustrations are authentic 1940s fluff. Betsy and the Boys follows the daily lives of Betsy and her best friend Billy as they cook, attend school, enjoy Valentine's Day, prepare for a play, wash dogs and play football.
With all of the ‘gees’, ‘gollies’, ‘jimminies’ and ‘you betchas,’ it’s easy to think the book is stereotypical of t ...more
BETSY AND THE BOYS is a wonderful vintage juvenile fiction book in the "Betsy" series by Carolyn Haywood (1898-1990), an author noteworthy enough to receive a New York Times obituary on January 12, 1990.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/12/obi...
BETSY AND THE BOYS is an amusing chapter book aimed at 7-10 year olds first published in 1945 featuring the likable Betsy, who is now a 4th grader. This fiction is best approached with a historic filter: the stories preserve a sweet and happy, somewhat inn ...more
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/12/obi...
BETSY AND THE BOYS is an amusing chapter book aimed at 7-10 year olds first published in 1945 featuring the likable Betsy, who is now a 4th grader. This fiction is best approached with a historic filter: the stories preserve a sweet and happy, somewhat inn ...more
That Betsy isn't as innocent as I thought, plus she's starting to play mind games, and make decisions based on emotions instead of facts. No, Betsy, no!
Her subversive behavior is also drawing in the riffraff. If you don't believe me, check out the chapter about Valentine's day. Some kid left a package of severed fish heads wrapped up like a valentine on her porch!
I don't want to give too much away, but she did conspire with a policeman in this story.
Betsy, you need to turn it around, girl! It' ...more
Her subversive behavior is also drawing in the riffraff. If you don't believe me, check out the chapter about Valentine's day. Some kid left a package of severed fish heads wrapped up like a valentine on her porch!
I don't want to give too much away, but she did conspire with a policeman in this story.
Betsy, you need to turn it around, girl! It' ...more
I Liked Betsy and the boys they had A Christmas and the fairies got stuck in the bathroom since they Locked them themselves in the bathroom and couldn't unlock it
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Betsy just wants to be like one of the guys. But when it comes to lying to Billy, she does.
READ BETSY AND THE BOYS!!!!!
READ BETSY AND THE BOYS!!!!!
Read this with Annie...such a cute book! Great book for little girls!
I liked it. She gets a football to keep from the boys so she can join the football team. And she does, then she gets ice skates so she goes ice skating instead.
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