- Meet Author and Journalist Jeffrey Zaslow - Special Start Time - 6pm(2 days)
- Meet Author Naomi Benaron(4 days)
- Special Saturday Story Time at Nicola's Books - Special Guest Mr. Laurence and CD Release Concert for "The Teddy Bear's Picnic!"(6 days)
- Not Just For Kids Series "Romona Quimby" at the Michigan Theater(7 days)
- Master Gardener Talk at Nicola's Books - Raised Bed Construction and Gardening(8 days)
- An Evening with Nicholas Delbanco - Author and Professor at the University of Michigan(10 days)
Description
Best Friends Forever
There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they doa little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet at Betsy's fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy becoms such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one personBetsy-Tacy.
Betsy and Tacy have lots of fun together. They make a playhouse from a piano box, have a sand store, and dress up and go calling. And one day, they come home to a wonderful surprisea new friend named Tib.
Ever since their first publication in the 1940's, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.
About the Author
Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980) based her Betsy-Tacy series on her own childhood. Her series still boasts legions of fans, many of whom are members of the Betsy-Tacy Society, a national organization based in Mankato, Minnesota.













