New resources!

  • 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 now 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 it to be seen by 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!

  • “The City at Their Feet: Maud and Delos in Manhattan”

    This marvelous 25-page resource was created by the Greater New York Chapter of the Betsy-Tacy Society in October 1994. Learn about Maud and Delos’s time in New York from text describing where they lived and excerpts from Maud’s actual diaries. The guide opens with a personal note from Maud and Delos’s daughter Merian and closes with a Greenwich Village Walking Tour, so you may literally walk in Maud’s footsteps!

  • Betsy and Joe in Minneapolis

In July 2012, Kathy Baxter, Barbara Carter, and Jennifer Marshall (members of the now defunct 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!

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

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)