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CORRECTION! Happy Birthday Maud Hart Lovelace - Celebrate with the E-Book Releases of Her Beloved Betsy-Tacy Series!

Today, April 26th, on what would have been her 119th birthday, Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series, as well as the three sideline Deep Valley books, are finally available to purchase as e-books for the e-reader of your choice! Correction! The high school and beyond books, as well as the Deep Valley books (Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself; Betsy was a Junior/Betsy and Joe; Betsy and the Great World/Betsy's Wedding; Carney's House Party/Winona's Pony Cart; and Emily of Deep Valley) are available to download immediately today. The first four books in the series (Betsy-Tacy; Betsy, Tacy and Tib; Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill; and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown) are available for pre-order and will be delivered to your device on May 17th!

Now readers can fall in love with these books in an all-new format and die-hard fans can stock up their e-readers and have Betsy with them wherever they go!

If you still haven't experienced the joy of this series about a young girl growing up in the early 1900s Minnesota, treat yourself now. Anna Quindlen, Laura Lippman, Meg Cabot, and Judy Blume (to name just a few) can't be wrong!

"There are three authors whose body of work I have reread more than once over in my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace."
— Anna Quindlen

"I reread these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint-shirtwaists! pompadours! Merry Widow hats!-can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern."
— Laura Lippman

"Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers. It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys as well as her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows."
— Meg Cabot

"Some characters become your friends for life.
That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."
   — Judy Blume

Wondering what order to read the books in? Check out my handy tutorial for the Betsy-Tacy series here and for the Deep Valley books here.

Order now to load up your Kindle, Nook, IPad or whatever e-reader you use!

Mitali Perkins and Melissa Wiley Join Book Club Girl on Air to Discuss Betsy, Carney, Emily, Winona and Maud Hart Lovelace!

I'm thrilled to announce that on Monday, November 15th, at 7pm ET, Melissa Wiley, author of the Martha and Charlotte Years of the Little House series as well as the foreword to the new reissue of Carney's House Party and WInona's Cart and Mitali Perkins, author of Bamboo People and the foreword to the new reissue of Emily of Deep Valley will join me on Book Club Girl on Air to discuss these reissues plus all things Maud Hart Lovelace! In addition to Melissa and Mitali, I hope to be joined by many fellow Lovelace fans, both old and new.

As you know, the reissues of Carney/Winona and Emily are just on sale, and last fall we reissued the high school and beyond books in Lovelace's classic Betsy-Tacy series. And in case you missed it, this weekend, Julie, of Booking Mama, gave an absolute rave review to Emily of Deep Valley saying that she "absolutely loved it" and thinks it's "her favorite Maud Hart Lovelace book so far."

I hope you can join us on Monday the 15th. I have 10 books to give away and this time, I'd like to offer a selection of Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley books. So the first 10 people who comment that they'd like to participate in the show can choose between receiving a copy of Emily of Deep Valley, Carney's House Party/Winona's Pony Cart or Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself.

Set your reminder for the show and browse inside each of the books now:
Emily of Deep Valley
Carney's House Party/Winona's Pony Cart
Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself

 I hope you can join us on the 15th!