An oldie but a goodie.

A favorite from childhood.

I read and re-read this book at my Grandma's one summer

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My sister used to read this book to me as a little girl. Betsy (my name) was the big sister (although, I, was the little sister). It was the first time I felt a relationship with a book and characters and it was amazing! This one book turned me on to a life long obsession with books and reading.

The thing that makes me a bit dissatisfied with Haywood's books is that they're very episodic. Each chapter almost stands alone, and the books certainly do well enough. While this is True, in that children do live moment to moment, adventure to adventure, in Haywood's hands it's not sufficiently satisfying to me. Other books do it more successfully, imo, like the ones about Ramona Quimby, or Alice McKinley.

But for young children reading above grade level, or for families reading together, it works. In this one I particularly enjoyed the chapter about the red shoes (but apparently Mother has never read the Andersen fairy tale). This one charmed me; 3.5 stars rounded up.

found this book at a book give away and had to scoop it up. I never read any of the Betsy stories as a kid, but stars mean a lot to me, so I grabbed it.

What an adorable little story. Each chapter could be its own story, but they also all go together. I think this is definitely something I will try to read to my nephew at some point. Could be perfect for summer reading.

This 5th book in the B Is for Betsy series focuses on Betsy's little sister Star, now 4 years old and wishing she were 5 so she could go to kindergarten with her friends. To me, this book lacked much of the appeal of the first four titles and gave me the feeling the author hadn't put as much care into writing it as she did the others. I know I read all of the books in this series as a child, but I found I didn't remember this one at all!

it was cute!

this was one of my favorite childhood books, and is hard to find. very sweet and pure.