![]() ![]() The new volume contains the first four Betsy-Tacy books: “Betsy-Tacy,” first So there is a built-in fan base for “The Betsy-Tacy Treasury,” which is being published by HarperCollins today. Among Betsy-Tacy’s professed admirers are Bette Midler, Anna Quindlen and Nora Ephron. Few of these go so far as to organize letter-writing campaigns pleading that a publisher send long out-of-print volumesīack to press. ![]() Witness the great cheer that welcomed recent anniversaries of “Peter Pan” and “The Phantom Tollbooth.”īut few inspire their own dedicated society, complete with membership dues and an annual convention. Of course, many great works of children’s literature have their partisans yearsĪfter the last remnant of childishness fades into parenthood, middle age and wrinkles. First published more than 50 years ago, the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace retains a feverishly devoted contingent of fans. ![]()
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