Maud Hart Lovelace Books In Order

Betsy-Tacy Books In Order

  1. Betsy Tacy (1940)
  2. Betsy Tacy and Tib (1941)
  3. Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill (1942)
  4. Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)
  5. Heaven to Betsy (1945)
  6. Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946)
  7. Betsy Was a Junior (1947)
  8. Betsy and Joe (1948)
  9. Betsy and the Great World (1952)
  10. Betsy’s Wedding (1955)

Deep Valley Books In Order

  1. Carney’s House Party (1949)
  2. Emily of Deep Valley (1950)
  3. Winona’s Pony Cart (1953)

Novels

  1. Early Candlelight (1929)
  2. One Stayed at Welcome (1934)
  3. Gentlemen from England (1937)
  4. The Tune Is In The Tree (1950)
  5. The Trees Kneel at Christmas (1951)
  6. The Valentine Box (1966)

Collections

  1. Collected Stories of Maud Hart Lovelace and Delos Lovelace, Volume Two (2014)

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Maud Hart Lovelace Books Overview

Betsy Tacy

Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy’s age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do a little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet at Betsy’s fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy becoms such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one person Betsy Tacy. Betsy and Tacy have lots of fun together. They make a playhouse from a piano box, have a sand store, and dress up and go calling. And one day, they come home to a wonderful surprise a new friend named Tib. Ever since their first publication in the 1940’s, the Betsy Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.

Betsy Tacy and Tib

Three of a Kind

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, throw mud on each other and pretend to be beggars, and cut off each other’s hair. But Betsy, Tacy, and Tib always manage to have a good time.

Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.

Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can’t wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginning of growing up exciting things are bound to happen. And they do! The girls fall in love with the King of Spain, perform in the School Entertainment, and for the first time, go all the way over the Big Hill to Little Syria by themselves. There Betsy, Tacy, and Tib make new friends and learn a thing or two. They learn that new Americans are sometimes the best Americans. And they learn that they themselves wouldn’t want to be anything else. Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.

Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve old enough to do lots of things…
even go downtown on their own. There they see their first horseless carriage, discover the joys of the public library, and see a real play at the Opera House. They even find themselves acting in one! Best of all, they help a lonely new friend feel at home in Deep Valley the most wonderful place in the world to grow up. Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.

Heaven to Betsy

High School is HeavenIt’s Betsy Ray’s freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of friends, with studies aplenty including Latin and ugh algebra, parties and picnics galore, Sunday night lunches at home and boys!There’s Cab Edwards, the jolly boy next door; handsome Herbert Humphreys; and the mysteriously unfriendly, but maddeningly attractive, Joe Willard. Betsy likes them all, but no boy in particular catches her fancy until she meets the new boy in town, Tony Markham…
the one she and Tacy call the Tall Dark Handsome Stranger. He’s sophisticated, funny, and dashing and treats Betsy just like a sister. Can Betsy turn him into a beau?An entertaining picture of school clubs, fudge parties, sings around the piano, and Sunday night suppers in Betsy’s hospitable home.’ ‘Chicago Tribune.

Betsy in Spite of Herself

Good by Betsy…
Hello, BetsyeBetsy Ray is now a sophomore, and she and her Crowd are in the thick of things at Deep Valley High. Between parties, exams, and her duties as class secretary, Betsy’s got her hands full. But she’s not too busy to notice the new boy in town the oh so cosmopolitan Phil Brandish. If only she could make him notice her!Then Betsy’s old friend Tib Muller invites her to spend Christmas in Milwaukee. It’s there that plain old Betsy begins her, transformation into the dramatic and mysterious Betsye. With her new identity, she’s sure she’ll be able to charm Phil. The question is, can Betsye help being Betsy in Spite of Herself?

Betsy Was a Junior

The Best School Year Ever That’s the kind of junior year Betsy Ray has planned for herself. And when her childhood friend Tib Muller moves back to Deep Valley, Betsy’s sure her perfect year is off to a grand start. With charming, funny Tib around, Crowd doings are more fun than ever especially after Betsy starts Okto Delta, the first ever sorority at Deep Valley High. But soon Betsy’s luck takes a bad turn. The Crowd is getting into trouble at school, and Betsy isn’t given a chance to compete in the annual Essay Contest. Could Betsy’s best school year turn out to be her worst?

Betsy and Joe

Made for Each Other?Betsy Ray has always thought that she and the fascinating Joe Willard would make the perfect couple. Now, in her senior year at Deep Valley High School, it looks as though she’ll get her wish. As soon as Joe returns from his summer job in North Dakota, he’s on the Rays’ porch with sweet words for Betsy. It’s going to be a wonderful senior year!Then Tony Markham, Betsy’s longtime chum, comes calling and his intentions are definitely romantic. Betsy is torn. She really cares for Joe, but she doesn’t want to hurt Tony. Can she figure out a way to follow her heart without ruining her friendship?

Betsy and the Great World

It’s the trip of a lifetime. Betsey Ray, 21 years old, is heading off for a solo tour of Europe. From the moment she casts off, her journey is filled with adventure whether she’s waltzing at the captain’s ball, bartering for beads in Madeira, or sipping coffee at a bohemian cafe in Munich. It’s rich fodder for a budding young writer, and Betsy’s determined to make the most of the experience. If only she could stop thinking about her ex sweetheart, Joe Willard…
Then a handsome, romantic Italian goes overboard for Betsy, and she has a big decision to make. Marco Regali is passionate, fascinating, and cultured. Could it be that Betsy’s heart belongs in Europe instead of Minnesota?Betsy’s childhood dream is finally coming true she s off to Europe just like she and Tacy planned so long ago. Despite her travels and many adventures, Betsy s heart won t let her forget Joe Willard, her high school sweetheart.

Betsy’s Wedding

Here Comes the Bride When Betsy Ray arrives in New York after a tour of Europe, her old flame Joe Willard is waiting at the dock. Before he even says hello, he asks Betsy to marry him. They’ve been separated for a year, and they’re determined never to be apart again. But as Betsy discovers, marriage isn’t all candlelight, kisses, and roses. There’s cooking, ironing, and budgeting as well not to mention forging her career as a writer! For Betsy, the writing part comes naturally, but cooking is another matter. It’s even harder than algebra and much messier. Luckily Betsy Ray make that Betsy Willard has always thrived on challenge. Her name may have changed, but her life remains as full of love and laughter as it’s been since she was a little girl living on Hill Street in the first of the classic BETSY TACY books. Betsy returns from Europe to marry Joe Willard and soon learns that beloved friend Tacy is expecting a baby! It’s wartime in America, but Betsy, Joe, and their wonderful circle of friends brave their hardships together.

Carney’s House Party

It is the summer of 1911, the Carney Sibley is back home in her beloved town of Deep Valley, Minnesota. She’s looking forward to hosting a month long house party, with guests including her Vassar college roommate Isobel Porteous and old chum Betsy Ray. With lots of the old Crowd and a new friend wealthy, unkept, but loveable Sam Hutchinson around, the days are filled with fun. And romance seems to be in the air. But Carney can never be romantic about anyone but Larry Humphreys, her high school sweetheart, who moved to California four years ago. Then Larry returns to Deep Valley and sets the town abuzz. Will Larry purpose? And will Carney say yes? In addition to her beloved Betsy Tacy books, Maud Hart Lovelace wrote three more stories set in the fictional town of Deep Valley: Winona’s Pony Cart, Carney’s House Party, and Emily of Deep Valley. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be delighted to find the Deep Valley books available again for the first time in many years.

Emily of Deep Valley

Welcome back to Deep Valley!

Emily Webster, an orphan living with her grandfather, is not like the other girls her age in Deep Valley, Minnesota. The gulf between Emily and her classmates widens even more when they graduate from Deep Valley High School in 1912. Emily longs to go off to college with everyone else, but she can’t leave her grandfather.

Emily resigns herself to facing a ‘lost winter,’ but soon decides to stop feeling sorry for herself. And with a new program of study, a growing interest in the Syrian community, and handsome new teacher at the high school to fill her days, Emily gains more than she ever dreamed…

In addition to her beloved Betsy Tacy books, Maud Hart Lovelace wrote three more stories set in the fictional town of Deep Valley: Winona’s Pony Cart, Carney’s House Party, and Emily of Deep Valley. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be delighted to find the Deep Valley books available again for the first time in many years.

Winona’s Pony Cart

Welcome back to Deep Valley! Winona Root is almost eight years old. More than anything in the world, she wants a pony for her birthday. She wishes so hard for a pony that she’s sure to get one at least, that’s what she tells her friends Betsy, Tacy, and Tib. It’s only when the exciting day grows near that Winona begins to wonder: What if her father meant it when he said she couldn’t have a pony? In addition to her beloved Betsy Tacy books, Maud Hart Lovelace wrote three more stories set in the fictional town of Deep Valley: Winona’s Pony Cart, Carney’s House Party and Emily of Deep Valley. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be delighted to find the Deep Valley books available again for the first time in many years.

Early Candlelight

This historical novel set at Old Fort Snelling in the 1830s 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 Minnesota 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.

The Trees Kneel at Christmas

After Grandmother explains why the trees in Lebanon kneel at Christmas, Afify and Hanna hope to witness a similar miracle in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

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