Summary: Jan Fransen discusses Betsy-Tacy, the beloved set of semi-autobiographical books set in Minnesota by author Maud Hart Lovelace, on this installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. <br> Fransen reads from a copy of the original Betsy-Tacy (1940) that her mother read to her when she was a child. Fransen and host Lisa Von Drasek also discuss The Betsy-Tacy Companion: A Biography of Maud Hart Lovelace (1995), written by Sharla Scannell Whalen. <br> Fransen and Von Drasek also discuss the dedicated community of Betsy-Tacy readers, such as the <a href="https://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/">Betsy-Tacy Society</a>. <br> <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/staff/janet-fransen">Fransen</a> is the Service Lead for Researcher Information and Discovery Systems with the University of Minnesota Libraries. <br> Find the reviewed books:<br> <br> * Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace <br> <br> * <a href="http://primo.lib.umn.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?cs=frb&ct=frb&frbg=35843269&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&fctV=35843269&doc=UMN_ALMA21390674610001701&lastPag=&lastPagIndx=&rfnGrp=frbr&frbrSrt=rank&frbrRecordsSource=Primo+Local&frbrJtitleDisplay=&frbrIssnDisplay=&frbrEissnDisplay=&frbrSourceidDisplay=UMN_ALMA&vid=TWINCITIES&mode=Basic&tab=default_tab&fn=search&indx=1&dscnt=0&vl(freeText0)=%22Betsy-Tacy%22&dstmp=1463753080527">From University of Minnesota Libraries</a><br> * <a href="https://apps.hclib.org/catalog/results.cfm?all=%22Betsy%20Tacy%22&title=&author=&subject=&series=">From Hennepin County Library</a><br> * <a href="http://alpha.sppl.org/search~S16?/X%22Betsy-Tacy%22&SORT=D/X%22Betsy-Tacy%22&SORT=D&SUBKEY=%22Betsy-Tacy%22/1%2C29%2C29%2CB/frameset&FF=X%22Betsy-Tacy%22&SORT=D&13%2C13%2C">From Saint Paul Public Library</a><br> <br> <br> * The Betsy-Tacy Companion by Sharla Scannell Whalen<br> <br> * <a href="http://primo.lib.umn.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=requestTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=UMN_ALMA21449159280001701&indx=1&recIds=UMN_ALMA21449159280001701&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&vl(47645736UI0)=any&&vl(1UI0)=contains&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28TWINCITIES%29&tb=t&mode=Basic&vl(5711449UI1)=all_items&vid=TWINCITIES&tab=default_tab&srt=rank&vl(freeText0)=%22The%20Betsy-Tacy%20Companion%22&dum=true&dstmp=1463753275064">From University of Minnesota Libraries</a><br> * <a href="https://apps.hclib.org/catalog/record.cfm?all=%22The%20Betsy-Tacy%20Companion%22&row=1&id=324013">From Hennepin County Library</a><br> * <a href="http://alpha.sppl.org/search~S16/?searchtype=X&searcharg=%22The+Betsy-Tacy+Companion%22&searchscope=16&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=X%22Betsy-Tacy%22%26SORT%3DD">From Saint Paul Public Library</a><br> <br> <br> <br> About Lisa Von Drasek and Read This Book!<br> <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/staff/lisa-von-drasek">Lisa Von Drasek</a> is the Curator of the <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/clrc">Children’s Literature Research Collections</a> at the University of Minnesota Libraries. <br> Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and iTunes.<br>
