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Betsy, Billy, and their friends enjoy and learn from the many activities in the second grade.Tags
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Oh dear. Not only is there that troublesome old set of 'Indian' stereotypes, but Betsy is such a fortunate child that it's like there were 13 good fairies at her christening.
She doesn't want the teacher who wears black for second grade, so on the first day of school she discovers that teacher is gone and her beloved first grade teacher has been promoted to second grade. She wants a baby sister for Christmas... and Star is born on Christmas morning (and not only that, but Betsy gets to name the baby!). Thumpy gets picked up by the dogcatcher, but Mr. Kilpatrick happens to be driving by and so he gives her a lift to the pound. Etc.
This child will never learn resilience... and I know that I, as a child, would have been furiously show more envious.
I recommend skipping this one with your family. I'm all for 'teachable moments' but I think it would be hard to explain why this is bad to small children. Let me know if I'm wrong, please. show less
She doesn't want the teacher who wears black for second grade, so on the first day of school she discovers that teacher is gone and her beloved first grade teacher has been promoted to second grade. She wants a baby sister for Christmas... and Star is born on Christmas morning (and not only that, but Betsy gets to name the baby!). Thumpy gets picked up by the dogcatcher, but Mr. Kilpatrick happens to be driving by and so he gives her a lift to the pound. Etc.
This child will never learn resilience... and I know that I, as a child, would have been furiously show more envious.
I recommend skipping this one with your family. I'm all for 'teachable moments' but I think it would be hard to explain why this is bad to small children. Let me know if I'm wrong, please. show less
Second grade holds lots of surprises for Betsy, such as her first loose tooth, a Halloween party like no other, and lots of trouble. She and her friend, Billy, try to do right, but every one of their plans winds up with the two of them right in the center of a hilarious mess.
Second grade holds lots of surprises for Betsy, such as her first loose tooth, a Halloween party like no other, and lots of trouble. She and her friend, Billy, try to do right, but every one of their plans winds up with the two of them right in the center of a hilarious mess.
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Author and illustrator Carolyn Haywood was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 3, 1898. She graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls and the Philadelphia Normal School in 1922. After teaching one year at the Friends Central School, she received a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While there, she studied show more portrait painting for three years, spent one year studying in Europe, and came back to study illustration. Her first children's book, When I Grow Up, was published in 1931. She is best known for her books in the Betsy and Eddie series. The first book, B Is for Betsy, was published in 1939. Her other works include Snowbound with Betsy, Hello, Star, and Eddie's Friend, Boddles. Besides writing and illustrating her own books, she also painted children's portraits and painted murals in banks and schools in the Philadelphia area. She received the distinction of a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania in 1969 and received the Pennsylvania Librarians Outstanding Pennsylvania Author Award in 1970. She stopped illustrating her own books in the 1970's, but started writing adult books including Book of Honor, a collection of biographies of famous Pennsylvanian women. She died of a stroke on January 11, 1990 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Betsy and Billy
- Original publication date
- 1941
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- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PZ7 .H31496 .B — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
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- ISBNs
- 9
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- 9
