Reviews for Betsy, Tacy, and Tib

The average rating for Betsy, Tacy, and Tib based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-11 00:00:00 John Papp Ah, the good old days back when children played outside, used their imagination, and were rarely bored! No TV, iPads or tablets, video games, or computers. What bliss! If I had children, I'd want them to have a childhood just like this - only I'd rather they not attempt to learn to fly from the rooftop, or give each other haircuts, or mix everything in my kitchen to make an "Everything Pudding". But I do hope they have just as much fun as Betsy and Tacy and Tib, and prove to be just as adorable. Betsy with her overflowing imagination, her ability to create entrancing stories effortlessly, and her "ideas" to divert herself and her friends. Tacy with her sweet temper and easy compliance and lovely red ringlets. Tib with her doll-like appearance and her good-sense and practicality. Julia and Katie the big bossy older sisters, who can be nice on occasions. Margaret and Hobbie the adorable babies who are too young to understand, and all the mothers and fathers who are too old to understand. This book is priceless. It's cute and lovely and peaceful and summery; guaranteed to amuse you if you're grownup, and delight you if you're young. I hope my children will grow up reading good books like this. Classical children's books are absolutely wonderful, and even though I didn't really grow up reading them, it's never too late and I take endless pleasure in discovering them now. Betsy-Tacy and Tib is a short, sweet little chapter book set at the turn of the 20th century in Minnesota, and features the three title characters and their fun antics as they meet up to play and follow where their eight-year-old minds take them. It's soothingly lovely and wonderfully diverting. Wholeheartedly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-07 00:00:00 Clayton Collins Betsy and Tacy were born 100 years before me and yet I can see my own free-sprited and imagination rich childhood in their capers. It’s so sweet and so nostalgic and I’m only sad that I didn’t know them when I was still a little girl.