Swoon with me… — Here in the Bonny Glen

April 28, 2010 @ 9:55 am | Filed under: Betsy-Tacy,Books

…over these gorgeous covers for the new reissues of the Maud Hart Lovelace Deep Valley Books!

These lovely reissues of Emily of Deep Valley (with a new foreword by Mitali Perkins) and Carney’s House Party / Winona’s Pony Cart (foreword by yours truly) will arrive in bookstores on October 12th.

I am counting the days!

Posts I’ve written about Maud’s wonderful books, because I love them with a mad passion:

Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
Heaven to Betsy
Emily of Deep Valley, my hero
The famous Cat Duet

Tags: Betsy-Tacy, Carney's House Party, Could I be more excited?, Emily of Deep Valley, Maud Hart Lovelace, Winona's Pony Cart

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Mrs. Mordecai says:

Swooning!
Posted on April 28th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Hannah says:

Aaaaaaaaaghhhhh! Can’t wait to order them!
Posted on April 28th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Sara says:

Can’t wait!

Side note: I told dh we’re going to Oberammergau in 2020 for the Passion Play, and he’s all “why is it such a big deal?” Because Betsy’s description makes you want to go! A friend is going this year and I can’t wait to hear what she says.
Posted on April 29th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Jen Lynch says:

Thank goodness! Back to the REAL pictures.
Posted on April 29th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
susan t says:

We’ve been waiting a l o n g time to finally see/read Winona’s Pony Cart! Love the others… will add all to our collections- yes 1 mom collection, 2 daughter’s collections.
Posted on May 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 pm

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April 28, 2010 @ 9:55 am | Filed under: Betsy-Tacy,Books

Tags: Betsy-Tacy, Carney's House Party, Could I be more excited?, Emily of Deep Valley, Maud Hart Lovelace, Winona's Pony Cart

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