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Snowbound with Betsy
(Betsy #9)
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The week before Christmas, a terrific snowstorm hits, and Betsy, Star, and their parents are snowbound, much to the girls' delight. There are snowmen to be built, Christmas presents to be made, and a tree to be decorated.
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Published
June 1st 1992
by Peter Smith Pub Inc
(first published 1963)
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Mrs. Schmidt, my 4th grade teacher read this to us, way back in 1964 when teachers had time to nurture their students by sharing the joy of reading aloud.
I have thought of this book fondly through all these years, and also wonderful Mrs. Vivian Schmidt who taught me more than she will ever know.
I have thought of this book fondly through all these years, and also wonderful Mrs. Vivian Schmidt who taught me more than she will ever know.
Maybe we've just been reading too many Betsy books, but I found this one somewhat tedious. The writing style just didn't seem special here. Still my son enjoyed it and it was a nice one to read over the holidays. (We skipped ahead as this is one of the later books, published in the early '60s, however there was nothing incongruous with the earlier books). I did truly appreciate and enjoy the chapter in which the children make their own Christmas presents and have their own "store" in the attic (
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This was my favorite of Haywood's "Betsy" books.
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My absolute favorite Betsy book! I remember my mom reading it to me when I was little, and now I've read it to my children several times. Our favorite part is the popcorn incident.
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Best read with ginger cookies. No popcorn, please.
Last read: 06-09-2005
Last read: 06-09-2005
I found this in a Goodwill with a very vintage cover and yellowed pages and had to pick it up for our trip to Antarctica. While on the adventure, I read this and it was absolutely adorable and awesome timing to be reading such a story. I will say that it's very different from books that kids request nowadays or any that I have recently purchased for my school libraries but it had a very nice innocence and simplicity to it. I laughed when it suddenly just ended without a twist or action. Cute sto
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A sweet, old-fashioned book. A blizzard brings two families together and four children become quick friends. They find ways to entertain themselves by making homemade Christmas presents, playing out in the snow and visiting friends and neighbors. On the other hand, there was not much meat to the story, no deep plots or conflicts. Just a light, simple cheerful read.
It was a good book to read cause it had a lot of snow in it. I liked when the Byrds came. The whole part when the Byrds came. I liked when Betsy came home from school.
I never read this one as a child or teen, ordered it awhile ago at someone's recommendation.
Cute story with surprises. Glad I live where it doesn't snow, did that for a bit and never felt warm....
The week before Christmas, a terrific snowstorm hits, and Betsy, Star, and their parents are snowbound, much to the girls' delight. There are snowmen to be built, Christmas presents to be made, and a tree to be decorated. ...more
Cute story with surprises. Glad I live where it doesn't snow, did that for a bit and never felt warm....
The week before Christmas, a terrific snowstorm hits, and Betsy, Star, and their parents are snowbound, much to the girls' delight. There are snowmen to be built, Christmas presents to be made, and a tree to be decorated. ...more
It's a quick comforting read from childhood, that still offers comfort despite spelling errors ie "cooky" for cookie and errors in the narrative ( perhaps children's novels in the 1960s were not scrupulously edited ? ) in any case re-reading it did bring back a good feeling.
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This is my favorite Betsy book. It has so many sweet and cute things they do when there is a big snowstorm.
This is a truly sweet period piece that still appeals to children (and adults!)
One of my favorite childhood reads and loved reading this again with my 8 year old daughter.
So refreshingly simplistic and sweet!! I wish children like the ones in these books still existed today, always able to find something fun to do, no matter the circumstances!! 🌻
I thought I remembered this from my childhood. Now I'm not sure. My how the quality of children's books has improved over the years.
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I checked this book out of the library when I was ten and absolutely loved it. One of my all-time favorites. Being stuck in the house with a bunch of friends, while the weather raged outside, sounded wonderful to me. I loved to imagine how it would go if it happened to my family. And several years later, I actually got to experience it. My family gathered at my cousin's house for his 8th grade graduation party and it was pouring rain. The streets all flooded, waist deep, and no one could leave,
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I have been looking for these books everywhere and I am so glad to have finally found them! While my friends in elementary school were always checking out the more "popular" books in the library, I found myself coming back to this series again and again. I'm pretty sure I read every book in the series at least twice! I'm a little perturbed to discover that they've been re-released with a more modern cover, because I actually prefer the vintage look. Brings back so many memories and should I stum
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While not strictly a Christmas book, Snowbound with Betsy takes place in the days leading up to Christmas as Betsy, her family and some strangers her father has collected along the highway all hunker down amidst the snowdrifts. Quaint and old-fashioned to the extreme, it's what most people mean when they talk about the "good old days".
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I read this book a hundred times while in 3rd grade and I loved it. For some reason I lost this book and I have always thought about it...it looks like a re-edition was printed so I am hoping to own this once again!
I love all of Carolyn Haywood's books for young children. They are wonderful read alouds but this one is especially nice because it shows what children can do when given time and space to use their own imaginations to make up games and entertain themselves in creative, hands-on ways.
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You cannot go wrong with a Betsy book. They are all wonderful. This one is especially good to read around Christmas or during a snowstorm. Betsy is such a sweet, kind, thoughtful girl. I love her stories.
One of my Favorite books as a kid..
Love reading this series with Annie!!
One of my favorite childhood books.
I Liked snowbound with betsy there was A Blizzard
I love to read this book before the start of every snowstorm. I get pulled in year after year into the peacefulness of Betsy's Blizzard.
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Great for reading to a four-year old.
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I don't remember the book, but boy do I remember the cover.
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Snowbound with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood (1962)
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