Episode 14: The Betsy-Tacy Holiday Special
Happy Hols, Readers and Listeners! This episode is all about the classic Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace and their wonderful, homey Christmas chapters. We talk holiday memories, stories about childhood friendship, and just a little bit of terrible boys, creepy elves, and talking trains.
Content Warnings
Forever YA goes into detail about the racial, class, and other issues which color these books, and what you, the modern reader, should need to know. Read here for Betsy and Tacy go Downtown, and here for Betsy and Joe.
Show Notes
Betsy-Tacy Convention 2018: August 3-5, Minneapolis, MN
The return of Maud Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books.
"Isn't That Just like Tib?": Betsy and Tacy Confront the Other
The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lillian Russell and Mrs. Poppy via The Betsy-Tacy Encyclopedia, who also share A Very Mer-Ray Christmas describing happy scenes from Heaven to Betsy
Betsy-Tacy's Deep Valley: All things Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley
Photo by Damien Walmsley
The Most Festive Things to Do in Milwaukee this Holiday Season
Ten Beloved German Christmas Traditions
Five Good Things from the Christmas Fair on Staten Island Catholic school Christmas Fairs, by Dinosaur Dracula
Readalikes
The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby by Jenny Lundquist
The Emily Byrd Starr series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Current Reads
The Ghost of a Chance by Natalie Vivien
The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
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