I was not familiar with the well loved Betsy-Tacy series until I was introduced to them by a friend.  Our daughter has quickly fallen in love with them.  Betsy is five years old and longs for a best friend.  She finds one in her new neighbor five year old Tacy.  The two girls are so inseparable that their names are merged into one.  Although some things in our world have changed, specifically the amount of freedom the girls have to play outside unsupervised, the character development and the adventures detailed captured our daughter’s imagination within the first few pages.  The wholesome nature of these books is refreshing, and I like how the difficulty of the text increases with each book as the girls get older.  This series is well worth giving a try…