![]() ![]() Book Review: Ten Little Babies by Gyo Fujikawa (1989).Book Review: Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle.Book Review: Steering Toward Normal by Rebecca Pet.Book Review: Anastasia Has the Answers by Lois Low.Book Review: Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovel.Tips for Interacting with Authors In Person and On.10 Things To Know About Middle Grade Literature.Tips for Evaluating Middle Grade and YA Books. ![]() Young readers will delight in the trouble caused by Betsy’s silly ideas, even if they themselves are more like Tib. Some of what the girls do clearly dates the book to the 1900s, when it is set, but many of their ideas could easily pop into the minds of girls living today. ![]() The tone of the books is lively, and it’s clear the author’s tongue is frequently in her cheek as she relates with complete seriousness the wild imaginings of girls with runaway imaginations. Though this series is quite old, there is a freshness to each of the girls’ escapades that easily compares to mischief perpetrated by Ramona Quimby, Ivy & Bean, Clementine and other contemporary girls in chapter books. In this second book of the series, the girls have a variety of adventures, including begging at a neighbor’s door for food, cutting off half of each other’s hair, trying to crash Betsy’s and Tacy’s older sisters’ club, and cooking a pudding containing everything in the kitchen. ![]() Tib is a bit more serious-minded and practical than the other two girls, but despite the naysaying of adults, they all get along just fine. ![]()
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