Betsy-Tacy (novel)

Betsy-Tacy
First edition
AuthorMaud Hart Lovelace
IllustratorLois Lenski
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBetsy-Tacy
Release number
1
GenreChildren's fiction
Set inDeep Valley, Minnesota (1897)
PublisherThomas Y. Crowell Co., HarperCollins
Publication date
1940
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages112
ISBN978-0-06-440096-1
813.52
LC ClassPZ7.L9561
Followed byBetsy-Tacy and Tib (1941) 

Betsy-Tacy (1940) is the first volume in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace.

The book is mostly about the adventures of five-year-old Betsy Ray and her new best friend, Tacy Kelly. It takes place in fictional Deep Valley, Minnesota, based on Mankato, Minnesota, the author's home town. This first book is set in roughly 1898-1899. The book, along with the entire Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley series, was republished in 2000 by HarperTrophy with a new cover art illustrated by Michael Koelsch.