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Maud Hart Lovelace

Born

in Mankato, Minnesota, The United States

April 25, 1892

Died

March 11, 1980

Genre

Children's Books, History, Literature & Fiction

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Maud Hart Lovelace was an American writer best known for the beloved Betsy-Tacy series, which has remained a cornerstone of American children’s literature for generations. Born and raised in Mankato, Minnesota, she began writing at an early age and showed literary promise while still in high school. She attended the University of Minnesota, where she worked for the Minnesota Daily, and sold her first short story while recuperating in California, marking the start of her professional career. Lovelace initially wrote historical novels for adults, including The Black Angels and the successful Early Candlelight, before turning to children’s fiction inspired by stories she told her daughter. Beginning in the late 1930s, she created the Betsy-Tac ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 100,523 ratings · 5,568 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 25,576 ratings — published 1940 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 11,752 ratings — published 1941 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator), Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 9,070 ratings — published 1942 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (Betsy-Tacy, #4) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 7,560 ratings — published 1943 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator), Anna Quindlen (Foreword) 4.31 avg rating — 6,297 ratings — published 1945 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy Was a Junior (Betsy-Tacy, #7) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator), Anna Quindlen (Foreword) 4.21 avg rating — 5,579 ratings — published 1947 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Joe (Betsy-Tacy, #8) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator), Anna Quindlen (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 5,367 ratings — published 1948 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and the Great World (Betsy-Tacy, #9) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator), Anna Quindlen (Foreword) 4.17 avg rating — 5,473 ratings — published 1952 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy, #6) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 5,318 ratings — published 1946 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy's Wedding (Betsy-Tacy, #10) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator), Esther Hautzig (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 4,882 ratings — published 1955 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy-Tacy (10 books)
by

Maud Hart Lovelace,

Vera Neville (Illustrator),

Anna Quindlen (Foreword)

4.22 avg rating — 92,223 ratings

Deep Valley (3 books)
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Maud Hart Lovelace,

Vera Neville (Illustrator)

4.21 avg rating — 7,473 ratings

Quotes by Maud Hart Lovelace (?)

“She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

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“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

tags: description, grass, june, roses, summer, sunshine

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“Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy in Spite of Herself

tags: journals, writing

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