Can't believe I missed these as a child. They are great children's stories about precocious little girls (I guess by the 4th one they are actually already 12). The first 2 deal with death in a child-like way, so that's helpful if you want/need to explain this to a child. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.

I loved reading this book (actually four books!) when I was a kid and I just read them aloud with my 4 year old daughter. Such a special story about friendship and growing up!

Beautiful, comforting, and deceptively complex. The prose in the early books is reminiscent of Hemingway, full of spare beauty. The later volumes inspire curiosity about the wider world of Deep Valley and the United States at the turn of the 20th Century.

I’m still picking up books that I missed out on in my childhood. This was a delight to read. Maud Hart Lovelace writes all of these stories based on her own childhood and her best friends. Childhood imagination, innocence, humor and adventures are captured in these first 4 books, along with tender loving relationships with family and town folk friends. It has it all!

Classic story/ies of a simple childhood of the past. Young girls playing with neighbors, having all sorts of adventures. Reminded me of my childhood.

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury is a perfectly delightful collection of four charming books. I loved the sweet friendships between the girls and their relationships with their families.

I really enjoyed the author's note, foreword(s), and all the biographical information and photographs about "Maud Hart Lovelace and Her World" and "About Illustrator Lois Lenski" at the end. It was so fun to read how much these stories were inspired by Maud's life.

I love these books. Betsy-Tacy is my favourite. It's where these wonderful stories first began. Betsy and Tacy meeting at 5 and using their imagination to do things because of their ages is cute. My second favourite Over the Big Hill. The war for the votes of the Queen of May between sisters was entertaining and ends happily. This treasury has a bonus feature of photographs of the people who inspired these lovely stories.

Delightful read aloud with my girl. We found friends in Betsy-Tacy and her little group that grew over the period of these four books.

Whimsical time period where all was well in the world and the naughtiness of children was what plagues most of children still today, which is relatable for readers then as well as now. We enjoyed seeing some of the scrapes the girls would get into as well as the fights and how these were gently resolved and wrong was forgiven. Maybe it would seem too picture perfect for today's world but I think it also reminded my younger readers that sometimes mountains are made out of molehills.

My 6 year old wants to read all of the Betsy-Tacy right up to her being married. That my friends, is a well written book and series.

A really good set of books to read with kids. Nice to see how kids lived a hundred years ago and the differences in technology. Its also interesting to see how the girls think as little kids and see them grow up. My girls loved the stories.

I loved this as much as whenI first read it as a child (maybe more) and when I re-read when my daughter was a child. From another era and corny with it, these novels are still irresistible. The goings on in Deep Valley Minnesota, patterned after the author's home town, are a delightful slice of Americana.

fine long and for younger girls

I absolutely loved this so, so much! At first I was a little afraid that I wasn’t going to enjoy it as much since the books are written for children and therefore the writing is simple. But I shouldn’t haven’t worried. In no time at all, I fell in love with the simplicity of it. Maud Hart Lovelace wrote about childhood so well. I felt like I was visiting being a little girl again.
Numerous times I laughed and smiled and felt the excitement these girls found. It was just a joy to read! So much fun to read, especially the illustrations!!
I also love how effortlessly detailed she is with describing that what it was like growing up in that time. It isn’t overly-detailed but perfectly done.

All of them were wonderful but Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown was my favorite!