New! Betsy and Joe in Minneapolis

In July 2012, Kathy Baxter, Barbara Carter, and Jennifer Marshall (members of the Maud Hart Lovelace Society) designed this fabulous brochure to guide visitors in finding important sites mentioned in the books. Many thanks to Barb and Jennifer for their kind permission to post it here.

Note: See our resource “A Week in Deep Valley” for additional addresses of key things to see in Minneapolis.

#VisitDeepValley

We love welcoming visitors to Mankato! If you're looking for Betsy and Tacy in today’s Deep Valley, we highly recommend Julie Schrader’s indispensable guidebook Discover Deep Valley, available in our Shop. On the following pages, we suggest how to fill a day, a weekend, or a week in Deep Valley. Look over all three lists and choose what most appeals to you in the time you have. There’s so much to see and do here!

• A Day in Deep Valley

• A Weekend in Deep Valley

• A Week in Deep Valley

Other authors who love Betsy-Tacy

A surprising number of well-known authors love Betsy-Tacy and were happy to talk to us about why!

• Megan Abbott and Laura Lippman

• Jen Doll

• Heather Vogel Frederick

• Jasmine Guillory

• Claudia Mills

• Mitali Perkins

• Sarah Ruhl

• Varsha Shah

• Sophie von Haselberg

A closer look at the books

• Discussing Race and Betsy-Tacy with Children

• Betsy-Tacy Reading Guide, a 61-page guide for younger readers developed by the BTS in 2016

Betsy-Tacy fun

• Our Betsy-Tacy Gift Guide – ideas for what to buy for the Tacy, Julia, etc. in your own life

• Betsy-Tacy Advent Calendar – a reading for each day in December

• “What a beloved children’s book series can teach Americans about Tim Walz” by Julie Zauzmer Weil, The Washington Post, October 27, 2024

• “A Betsy-Tib Tour of Milwaukee” – BTS member Susie Welsh takes us on our own Betsy in Spite of Herself adventure in this beautiful city

• “Betsy and Taylor” – BTS member Grace Munoz finds connections between the Betsy-Tacy high school books and Taylor Swift song lyrics

• Make your own Betsy-Tacy bookmarks

• Maud + King Kong + Mario – Who Knew? (you can see the video and read the article referenced here)

• Finding BT Fans Wherever You Are: A Guide to Regional Groups

• Betsy-Tacy Reading Series (YouTube videos), all 14 chapters of Betsy-Tacy read aloud

• Many other wonderful YouTube videos!

• Readers theater scripts

Betsy-Tacy sites

• Finding Maud and the Crowd in Glenwood Cemetery

• Video tour of Betsy’s House by former BTS president Penny Banwart

• Map (printable) of Betsy’s neighborhood, perfect for a walking tour

• Deep Valley Tour via Google Maps (interactive online map)

• Videos of Betsy’s House demolition and restoration (part 1 and part 2) from the PBS show Hometime

More about Maud and Delos

• Collected papers of Maud Hart and Delos Wheeler Lovelace at the Minnesota Historical Society

More about the Betsy-Tacy Society

• BTS 2023 Annual Report

• BTS 2022 Annual Report

• BTS newsletter archives

• Timeline of Betsy-Tacy Society Milestones and Major Events

• BTS 2021 Annual Report

Other books by Maud Hart Lovelace

All of Maud’s in-print books are available in our Shop:

• The Black Angels

• Collected Stories of Maud Hart Lovelace & Delos Lovelace, Vol. 1 

• Collected Stories of Maud Hart Lovelace & Delos Lovelace, Vol. 2 

• Early Candlelight

• One Stayed at Welcome

• The Tune Is In the Tree

• The Valentine Box

Maud’s other books (Gentlemen from England, The Charming Sally, Petticoat Court, The Trees Kneel at Christmas, What Cabrillo Found, and The Golden Wedge) are not in print at this time but can generally be found on various book-sale websites (e.g., BookFinder.com), in libraries, or at used-book stores.

Books about the Lovelaces and Deep Valley

• The Betsy-Tacy Companion by Sharla Whalen

• Betsy-Tacy in Deep Valley: People and Places by Carlienne A. Frisch

• Betsy-Tacy Songbook: Music from the Deep Valley books of Maud Hart Lovelace compiled by Kathy Baxter, Barbara Carter, and Jennifer Marshall

• Between Deep Valley and the Great World: MHL in Minneapolis by Amy Dolnick Rechner

• The City at Their Feet: A Greenwich Village Walking Tour by the Greater New York Chapter of the Betsy-Tacy Society

• Discover Deep Valley by Julie A. Schrader

• Future in a Handbasket: Life & Letters Behind Carney’s House Party by Amy Dolnick Rechner

• Maud Hart Lovelace’s Deep Valley by Julie Schrader

• My Betsy-Tacy Miracle by Kathleen Baxter

• Orange Blossoms Everywhere: The Story of Maud & Delos Lovelace in CA, 1953–1980 by Mary Thiessen

Books written by Delos W. Lovelace

• Rockne of Notre Dame (1931)

• King Kong (novelization of the movie King Kong) (1933)

• One Stayed at Welcome (with Maud) (1934)

• Gentlemen from England (with Maud) (1937)

• The Golden Wedge (with Maud) (1942)

• General “Ike” Eisenhower (1944)

• Journey to Bethlehem (1953)

• That Dodger Horse (1956)