One of my favorite books as a child.

Read with Ruby!

Lizzie didn't love this. She said it was because instead of one whole story, it was a collection of smaller stories about Star. I have a feeling the little girls will give it a higher rating when they get to it, since Lizzie is really too old for the book. She remembered reading others in Haywood's Betsy collection and read this since she remembered enjoying those in the past.

I still have my copy of this book, which actually belonged to my mother as a child. As you'd expect it's a fairly old hardcover book. I loved Betsy's Little Star and read it many times, including the times my mom read it to me. It was published in 1950, and as a child of the early 1980's there were many things about the time period that intrigued and enchanted me. It only enhanced my love of red shoes. Until recently, I didn't know there were any other books featuring these characters and to date this is the only one I've read that I know of, but I loved it.

I finally found this book. I couldn’t remember the name of the book but I read this as a little girl and loved it.

Very cute for a kids book.... Going to take it with me and read it to my class of pre-k students

I just finished reading this to Lydia, it is a cute book, she loved it.

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Still a favorite though for different reasons as an adult. Boy does Star (Twinkle) want to go to Kindergarten! I especially loved the chapter about tossing stones -- what powerful language for the young reader.
In the era of Junie B. Jones, Ramona, Eloise, Clementine, and others Betsy is sweet and quaint but not quite as precocious as the new female character. That is neither good nor bad, just true.
I still don't know what I went into the library to get, but an hour and a half later I finished a re-read of a favorite from childhood.

Another very sweet book in this classic series. My two girls (5 and 9) love them.

Another un-P.C. Carolyn Haywood book that I enjoyed as a kid.

I sometimes forget how much I enjoyed this Betsy before I discovered Betsy Ray! Here, she welcomes baby sister, Star, at Christmas.