Poppy, a former actress who lives in the hotel her husband built in downtown Deep Valley. If the amusing way in which Lovelace wrote this scene doesn’t elicit a laugh, then Lois Lensky’s illustrations of three little girls with a zombie-like stare will do the job! Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are determined to persuade Winona to take them to see Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and when giving her gifts doesn’t work, they seem to think hypnosis will. In one of these hilarious scenes, Maud Hart Lovelace introduces a new friend, Winona, whose father is an editor for the Deep Valley Press and gets free tickets to various theatrical productions. Like all of the previous Betsy-Tacy books, Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown made me laugh out loud numerous times. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are 12 years old and are trading in picnics on the Big Hill for solo trips to downtown Deep Valley, Minnesota, and they embark on more grown up adventures to the library and the Opera House. (from Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown, page 6)īetsy and Tacy Go Downtown, the fourth book in the Betsy-Tacy series, originally published in 1943, is my favorite of the Betsy-Tacy books so far. “And he threw it in the kitchen stove,” said Tacy. “Tacy’s father found Lady Audley’s Secret under her bed.” She looked anxiously now at Tacy’s tear-stained face.
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