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  • We Walked to Little Syria!

    Follow Jennifer Davis-Kay, Barb Fecteau, Lani Jordan, and Michelle May as they walk from Byron Street (“Tib’s street”) to Little Syria. Note: This is not the way our trio walked there in Big Hill, as Maud described it, but it’s a much easier walk for aging knees!

  • The Curtain Goes Up!

    At our recent discussion of Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown, participants were encouraged to submit poems with a Downtown theme to share with the group. Haiku, cinquain, free verse, nonet, villanelle—the sky was the limit! And oh did we have fun with this assignment. With the group’s permission, please enjoy what we produced.

  • The little glass pitcher and Shirley Lieske

    We are thrilled to announce that the iconic “little glass pitcher” Bick Kenney gave to Maud Hart at a famous fifth birthday party is on display at Tacy’s House, thanks to the generosity of Denise Statham. This item was formerly housed at the Blue Earth County Library in Mankato, where Shirley Lieske (“Miss Shirley the Library Lady”) served as children’s librarian for decades. When the library recently reorganized their displays, they elected to no longer include the pitcher – and Denise decided that her mom would like to share it with as many Betsy-Tacy readers as possible. We couldn’t be happier to include it in the collection of treasured artifacts in the glass display cases in Tacy’s parlor. We also loved learning more about Shirley and her tireless efforts to promote Mankato’s most beloved local author long before there was a Betsy-Tacy Society. Please take a minute to read about her and appreciate all she did as our unofficial BT ambassador!

#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!

Other authors who love Betsy-Tacy

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

A closer look at the books

Betsy-Tacy fun

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

Betsy-Tacy sites

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

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

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)