Reviews for The Betsy-Tacy companion

The average rating for The Betsy-Tacy companion based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-18 00:00:00 Joanne Crockett Well. I'm certainly not surprised that I LOVED this book. It was five hundred pages of details and visits about "old friends" of mine, about whom I read in the Betsy-Tacy books. Since the books so closely paralleled MHL's own life, author Sharla Scannell Whalen pointed out the similarities and differences and, deliciously, filled out "the rest of the story" I simply couldn't put this book down--I inhaled it over the weekend. The author is a true Betsy-Tacy fan--one of the very fortunate little girls whose library had a set of Betsy-Tacy books. I feel great pity for all the little girls whose library did not. (My own family library now has a full set, but I can't convince my sons to read them! sigh) If I had to rate the "series" that I read obsessively as a little girl (Little House, Betsy-Tacy, Little Women, Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables) Betsy-Tacy would probably come very very close to tying Little House for first place. I reread this series at least once a year for years. I wanted to be more like Betsy--more outgoing, less afraid. I too used a small trunk as a writing desk (although I never had the courage to send a story or poem out to anyone) The characters from Betsy-Tacy are almost as real to me as my own friends were. I find it interesting that of the above series, three were at least partially autobiographical, and all three of those had characters who set up permanent residence in my imagination and heart. So did Anne. While I loved Nancy Drew books, I rarely imagined Nancy as a friend. Anyway. Loved this book. Any Betsy-Tacy fan ought to.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-13 00:00:00 Anna Introcaso Augh! I really would love to read this, but so far the most affordable price I've found on the internet is about $80. Which is pretty good, sadly, considering the prices are generally somewhere between $100 and $200. *incredibly long sigh* I'm adding this to my list whose title is simply: "Books I Shall Continue to Scour the Net for Continuously as the Years March On". I really need my own publishing company. And a couple million dollars to buy publishing rights &c.