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Maud Hart Lovelace

Born

in Mankato, MN, The United States

April 25, 1892

Died

March 11, 1980

Genre

Children's Books, History, Literature & Fiction

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Maud Hart Lovelace was born on April 25, 1892, in Mankato, Minnesota. She was the middle of three children born to Thomas and Stella (Palmer) Hart. Her sister, Kathleen, was three years older, and her other sister, Helen, was six years younger. “That dear family" was the model for the fictional Ray family.

Maud’s birthplace was a small house on a hilly residential street several blocks above Mankato’s center business district. The street, Center Street, dead-ended at one of the town’s many hills. When Maud was a few months old, the Hart family moved two blocks up the street to 333 Center.

Shortly before Maud’s fifth birthday a “large merry Irish family" moved into the house directly across the street. Among its many children was a girl Maud’ ...more

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Maud Hart Lovelace’s books

Average rating: 4.21 · 96,859 ratings · 5,029 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 24,739 ratings — published 1940 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 11,271 ratings — published 1941 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 8,811 ratings — published 1942 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (Betsy-Tacy, #4) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 7,319 ratings — published 1943 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 6,084 ratings — published 1945 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy Was a Junior (Betsy-Tacy, #7) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5,421 ratings — published 1947 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and Joe (Betsy-Tacy, #8) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 5,189 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy and the Great World (Betsy-Tacy, #9) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 5,297 ratings — published 1952 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy, #6) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 5,152 ratings — published 1946 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsy's Wedding (Betsy-Tacy, #10) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 4,714 ratings — published 1955 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

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“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

tags: description, grass, june, roses, summer, sunshine

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“Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy in Spite of Herself

tags: journals, writing

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