Maud Hart Lovelace

by Ken E. Berg

Depicts the life and career of the author of the Betsy-Tacy books and other works portraying life in Minnesota.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

31 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[Jodi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loved the Betsy-Tacy stories as a kid so when I saw this picture book about the author on the free shelf at the library, I grabbed it! It was fun to see pictures of the people Betsy, Tacy and Tib were based on in the series. I hope to some day travel to Mankato, Minnesota to see the houses there! The book could have been a little more "polished" - it looked like a high school student typed it up and had it bound into a book.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Deep Valley and The Bill Hill are a gift from the Ice Age, carved by glaciers perhaps millions of years ago…that became Mankato, Minnesota, only 40 years before” the birth of a woman whose “childhood fantasies and aspiring imagination” would inspire readers for decades to come. From her favorite summer writing room–“the crotch of a backyard maple tree”--to gala reception, Maud Hart Lovelace embraced the writer’s vocation. It was for her nostalgic novel about the early years of Fort Snelling that Lovelace was first recognized. The St. Paul newspaper lauded her as the first American civilian to be so honored for her novel Early Candlelight. However, the debut of the Betsy-Tacy series in 1940 memorialized this beloved author on readers’ “Harts.” “A wall mural in the Maud Hart Lovelace wing in the Minnesota Valley Regional Library in Mankato, Minnesota, depicts Deep Valley and Betsy-Tacy characters, as envisioned and painted by Marian Anderson.” Ken E. Berg’s Maud Hart Lovelace is a beautiful tribute to the young at “Hart.”

[Madame Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick read and informative.