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Kathy Baxter doesn’t understand it. Wherever she goes, she talks about the wonders of Maud Hart Lovelace and her beloved Betsy-Tacy books. And when she does, she hears people from, literally, all over ...

Maud Hart Lovelace’s books were old-fashioned even when they started coming out in 1940. In ten novels, Lovelace followed turn-of-the-century best friends Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly from age 5 to their ...

I was a freshman in high school, when my mother came home from a shopping expedition with a bag for me from Borders in her hand. I met this surprise with excitement and a little bit of fear. My mom ...

Mankato’s best-loved author, Maud Hart Lovelace, was born on April 25, 1892, at 214 Center Street in Mankato. She was the second daughter (Maud’s older sister Kathleen was born in 1889) of Thomas and ...

A bench outside the Claremont Public Library is dedicated to Maud Hart Lovelace — and to friendship. Placed in memory of children’s author Lovelace, the Friendship Bench has a plaque depicting her ...

The era of teen vampire angst, suggestive music videos and conspicuous consumption apparently leaves some longing for the good old days. That’s likely why Laura Ingalls Wilders’ “Little House” series ...

Betsy-Tacy Books: Insightful, accessible, progressive work outshines Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery. Three years ago, I discovered two rare children’s books by Maud Hart Lovelace at the Enoch ...