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'''''Betsy-Tacy''''' is a series of books by [[American]] author [[Maud Hart Lovelace]] about the adventures of [[Betsy Ray]] and her friends. They are primarily set in the fictitious town of [[Deep Valley]], [[Minnesota]] and span from Betsy's childhood in the late [[1890]]'s, to her early married life up to the outbreak of [[World War I]]. These stories are based on Lovelace's experiences of growing up in [[Mankato]], [[Minnesota]].


==List of Books==

The ''Betsy-Tacy'' series consist of the following books in chronological order:

===Betsy-Tacy books===
*''Betsy-Tacy'' (1940) 
*''Betsy-Tacy and Tib'' (1941) 
*''Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill'' (1942) 
*''Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown'' (1943) 
*''Heaven to Betsy'' (1945) 
*''Betsy in Spite of Herself'' (1946) 
*''Betsy Was a Junior'' (1947) 
*''Betsy and Joe'' (1948)
*''Betsy and the Great World'' (1952)
*''Betsy's Wedding'' (1955)


Lovelace also wrote three other books about Deep Valley that have many of the same characters as the ''Betsy-Tacy'' series:

===Deep Valley books===
*''Carney's House Party'' (1949)
*''Emily of Deep Valley'' (1950)
*''Winona's Pony Cart'' (1953)

==Major Characters==
*Elizabeth "Betsy" Warrington Ray -- the main character; the stories are told from her point-of-view
*Anastasia "Tacy" Kelly -- Betsy's best friend and neighbor
*Thelma "Tib" Muller -- the third member of the ''Betsy-Tacy and Tib'' trimivurate
*Julia Ray -- Betsy's elder sister and aspiring opera singer
*Margaret Ray -- Betsy's younger sister
*Joseph "Joe" Willard -- Betsy's rival/friend/boyfriend in high school, and eventually her husband
*Carney Sibley

==External Links==
[http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/ Betsy-Tacy Society]

[http://www.geocities.com/thebetsytacyhomepage/ Betsy-Tacy Homepage]

[http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/fiction/series/betsytacy/betsytacy.asp HarperCollins Children Books Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Betsy-Tacy]