The popularity of Betsy-Tacy, published in 1940, led her to write three more books, Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941), Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hil l (1942), and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943). The series was inspired by the bedtime stories which Lovelace told to her daughter Merian about her own childhood. The first book, Betsy-Tacy, begins in 1897 on the eve of Betsy's fifth birthday, and the last book, Betsy's Wedding, ends in 1917 as the United States prepares to enter the First World War. The series follows the adventures of heroine Betsy Ray, who is based closely on the author, and her friends and family. The first four books were illustrated by Lois Lenski and the remainder by Vera Neville. The books are now published by HarperCollins. The Betsy-Tacy books are a series of semi-autobiographical novels by American novelist and short-story writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), which were originally published between 19 by the Thomas Y.
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