I just finished reading Betsy's Busy Summer to Bethany and to any other kids that happened to sit and listen -- usually two or three kids will listen. Even if they were a little old for the book, they still enjoyed it. Betsy's Busy Summer was written in 1956. I seem to like reading the older books to my kids and they seem to love them -- so it works for all of us. This book is kind of simple and not really exciting -- just everyday happenings of a little girl and her friends during the summer. In one chapter, Betsy had a watermelon party with Japanese lanterns strung everywhere and now Bethany thinks we should have a party like that. I even looked on Amazon to see if they carried Japanese lanterns -- just in case. It probably won't happen, though. Now we have started Betsy and Billy which was written in 1941 -- another old book.
When we are not reading, Bethany has spent a large part of her summer catching bugs and worms.
Bella and Sophia continue to grow and blend into our family -- things are really going well.
Love the pictures of the girls. Bella's eyes are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI bought a couple of the Betsy books at a library sale...I think I'll go see if I can find them.
Those Betsy books were my favorites when I was little. Was the one you read the one where her father builds her a gazebo? I remember I didn't know what Japanese lanterns were. Those books were so much fun. And guess what my daughter's name is... Betsy. lol
ReplyDeleteYes, they did build the gazebo. I think they called it a summer house and it took me a little while to figure out that a summer house was a gazebo. We have really enjoyed all of the Betsy books.
DeleteI LOVE the older books! The newest published that we read are Ramona by Beverly Cleary. My firstborn read them all and loved them even more than I did! :o) She'd be 37 this year. I read her a Tree Grows in Brooklyn when she was in Public school in the early 80's. Love, love love older literature! (((HUGS)))
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way -- I love reading the old books to my kids.
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