
Betsy and Tacy both have siblings and often they are a part of the fun since the girls frequently have to take care of them. Young children will immediately relate to Betsy and Tacy’s excitement around wholesome everyday life events like birthday parties, imaginary worlds, picnic lunches, games with neighborhood friends, learning how to fly, and much more. This provides an opportunity for the child to imagine children who are like him in most ways despite differences in environment. Although some aspects of the setting will be unfamiliar to the modern child, the simple joys and disappointments of childhood will not. Betsy and Tacy have all sorts of adventures and get into all sorts of trouble, all within their small-town, simple life. The books tell the stories of everyday life of best friends Betsy and Tacy in small-town Minnesota at the turn of the 20th century.

The Betsy-Tacy books are wonderful classics for young children, and especially for young girls.

Betsy-Tacy, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill,and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown are from the MODG First Grade Supplemental Reading List
