About this title: The continuing story of Betsy, Tacy, and Tib--three friends growing up in America at the turn of the century. Now almost 10, the girls have just learned that a Queen of Summer is going to be crowned for their neighborhood. In order to gather enough votes to ensure that Tib will be named Queen, the girls venture into an unfamiliar neighborhood- ...
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Edition: c. 1942, J98.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper Trophy, New York, NY
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780064400992ISBN:0064400999
Description: Lenski, Lois. Good. No dust jacket as issued. 171 p. Tight binding; some shelf wear, especially along the outer edges & top and bottom edges of spine; worn/rubbed spot at top right hand corner of front; sticker remnant at top right hand corner of front; crease line down front, near spine; some creases on covers; rubbing along the spine; soiled, especially noticeable on solid background; yellowing inside covers & pages; several pages dog-eared read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780064400992ISBN:0064400999
Description: Lenski, Lois (illustrator) Good+ No Jacket. PAPERBACK in good, snug condition. A former library book with no extraneous marks nor tears. Cover illustration by Lois Lenski. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 06/1979
ISBN-13:9780064400992ISBN:0064400999
Description: Lenski, Lois. Good. No dust jacket, as issued. some damage to spine, inside front cover. Betsy and Tacy Books. Unknown printing. Illustrated by Lenski, Lois. 192 p. ; 0.46" x 7.61" x 5.14". Foreword by Blume, Judy. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harper Trophy, NYC
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780064400992ISBN:0064400999
Description: Lenski, Lisa. Fine. Forward by Judy Blume; CR renewed 1970. Betsy, Tacy and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginning of growing up-exciting things are bound to happen. read more
Description: New. A Queen of Summer is going to be crowned on Hill Street. Betsy and Tacy want Tib to be queen, for she looks just like a princess. Yet Betsy's older sister, Julia, has other ideas. To get votes for the election, Betsy, Tacy, and Tib go over the Big Hi... read more
Binding: SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN-13:9780613100090ISBN:0613100093
Description: Good. 0613100093 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
"I didn't read this Betsy-Tacy book till I moved to California and had a renewed interest in the life of Maud Hart Lovelace after finding the friendship bench in Claremont. I feel it may be her best story. Rather then being a series of vignettes, as most of her books are, it tells a lovely concise story about the Syrian refugee camp that the girls visit. And what they find there is what one finds at any Minnesota refugee camp: pure good hearted Christians who take Betsy, Tacy and Tib into their care, teach them about hookahs and figs and goats and Arabic, and all other good things that come from Syria. And in turn the girls crown their little Naifi an "American Queen" and read her the Gettysburg Address and sing her patriotic songs. Obviously."
"I read the Betsy and Tacy books for the joy of it, and this one does not disappoint. The series is plainly not about people frozen in time. I mean, the period stays the same, but, as in really good books, the people change. Here, our heroines turn ten years old --- an important age that they've been anticipating since the last book. They become more self-conscious in that they begin to think independently about how they should behave at their "advanced age". As realistically narrated, they are unsuccessful in this foray into self awareness. They also become somewhat more adventurous and autonomous. They are certainly beginning to individuate albeit in the messy way that we all do. In this respect, a huge dispute develops with all the necessary irrationality and spitefulness and even --- yes --- violence. The weakness of this book is the sub-story of the Syrian town and its people. I think our dear Maud, who was probably hard as nails, could have done better than this sappy stuff."
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