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The next title in the series is now available as an audiobook!

On September 22, close to 30 of us gathered to discuss this fascinating and often divisive account of Betsy Ray’s junior year. Photo by Jennifer Erickson

Starting in October, the entire BT series will be available as audiobooks, read by Mara Wilson

Our wonderful team – Tim Sutton and Amber Massaglia – are taking gorgeous care of the grounds and gardens at the Betsy-Tacy Houses.

We worked with The Creative Company on a brand new picture book called “Betsy-Tacy for Small Children.”

We had great fun hosting writer Greta Rybus. Her marvelous article “I Visited the Real-life Homes Behind Beloved Childhood Books—and Found a New Way to Read Them” appears in the May 2026 issue.

New Betsy-Tacy apparel available featuring Vera Neville’s illustration of our trio making herbariums, beautifully colored by BTS Site Manager Kat Hohenstein.

Columnist Aaron Brown interviewed Executive Director Jennifer Davis-Kay for a moving piece about U.S. immigrants and Maud’s beautiful messages about kindness and respect for all cultures

Karen Tolkkinen wrote a marvelous piece about the Convention (“Book readers across the U.S. adore Mankato. Only they know it as Deep Valley”), which ran in The Minnesota Star Tribune.

On October 8, BTS Executive Director Jennifer Davis-Kay and Board VP Shelley Harris, along with Rebecca Glaser of The Creative Company, appeared on Kato Living.

In the September 18 New York Times article “The Books We Loved This Summer,” editor Leah Greenblatt mentions Betsy and the Great World.

New York Times book review editor Sadie Stein talks about the BT series.

“What a beloved children’s book series can teach Americans about Tim Walz”