I love the adorable adventures of these special friends!

It just hit me. Tootie (Margaret O'Brien) from Meet Me in St. Louis would be a perfect Betsy!

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 younger.

I read this to A during the first week of no school in March. I especially enjoyed the part where Tacy was quarantined as we could relate now. These are just delightful stories of friendship that she enjoyed listening to. I love their mishaps which reminded A of some her own (cutting her own hair!) and I appreciate Betsy's imagination.

Reading the series with Birdy and am so excited to share my love of these books with her.

The story is episodic with each chapter making its own plot. I enjoyed reading about the three girls' escapades and always wondered what they would do next. I would like if each girl was more distinct from the rest. Betsy is usually the one who comes up with the schemes, Tib tends to be practical, and Tacy tends to agree with Betsy and be generally sweet. But the three main characters could still be more individualized.

Cozy, entertaining reading. I'd like to read the rest of the series.

Another fun and enjoyable book. A couple chapters in this one had me both gasping in horror and laughing out loud—and at least one was all too relatable.

This book was good and they are very full of mischief they do bad things like cut each others hair and they put the hair in lockets so they can remember each other

Time to re-read my childhood favorites!

Hewan's review: "Infinity stars. That was the cutest thing ever! They are growing up too fast."

Another great collection of adventures in Deep Valley. I loved the addition of realistic, practice Tib. The only odd bit was a chapter about the girls trying to be good Christians, as they had some awkward beliefs about God that I had to explain away to my kid, but it actually turned out quite hilarious to see their plans of piety backfire. We love these girls and their lovely little world!

This is a charming little book about three best friends in the early 1900's.

Last month I realized I had never read past Book #1 of this series and checked a few more out at the local library. We are getting ready to go on a trip so I decided to finish up some of the library books on my shelf. Today I started on this second book and realized it is set in the city we are visiting on our next trip! This is research now.

Love this sweet trio of friends. They are out and about in the fictional town of Deep Valley (based on Mankato, MN) and living full lives. Their adventures on and around the Big Hill include pretend begging for food when they forget to pack snacks, trying to fly, watching the "flying woman" in the carnival and putting on their own show, making everything soup, cutting their hair for lockets, forming a secret club, and more. The illustrations by Lois Lenski are perfection. Looking forward to learning more about Mankato before our trip!