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!
I 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
Yes, 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.
I 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)))
I'm the same way — I love reading the old books to my kids.