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Title: Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Kimberly Bulcken Root ISBN: 0-8050-6073-1 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.87 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just for children, but for rearers of children
Comment: Dorothy Canfield Fisher is simply one of the smartest psychologists, long before Freud came on the seen. In her book, Understood Betsy, Ms. Fisher not only crafts a wonderful story of how a little sheltered and fearful girl under the care of one aunt, grows into an independent thinker, and joyful person under the care of her other relatives when the former aunt is taken out of the picture.
Elizabeth Ann, known as Betsy to her farm relatives, was orphaned as a baby. Her city relatives scoop her up to save her from being reared by the 'Putney Cousins' (our heros in Vermont). But fate sweeps Elizabeth Ann away from the only woman who *understands* her, and takes her to the dreadful farm in Vermont, where children have been known to *do chores*. How does Betsy fare?
That's the children's part of the story. For the adult, especially one who is unfamiliar with children, the lesson is given that you *can* love a child into the the fearful person you yourself are. But you *can* also love a child to let that child find things out for herself, and become aware, that she is aloud to find things out for herself. Isn't it amazing that children have brains, and they do not have to be programmed by 'pre-warning' them of every consequence to their behavior?
Please read, and see Betsy grow into a useful engine (for those of you who know Thomas the Tank Engine). Please read and learn yourself, how to help your children, by learning to leave them alone to find things out for themselves.....
Rating: 5
Summary: How many books from your childhood do you still remember?
Comment: I first received "Understood Betsy" when I was 8 years old, over 20 years ago, and I still remember some of the passages and characters as if I had read them yesterday. I read and reread this book countless times throughout my childhood.
Written in 1916, "Understood Betsy" immmerses the reader into rural life in the 1800's. Elizabeth goes from the city to live with farmer cousins, who call her Betsy. She then becomes a girl who learns to do things for herself, think for herself, and take care of others.
Most interesting, the book shows the older view of treasuring common day moments, such as making the applesauce or playing dolls. If you always enjoyed the "Little House" and "Caddie Woodlawn" books, then you will LOVE "Understood Betsey", which delves even more into the everyday life of girls in that time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hooray for Understood Betsy!
Comment: I have never forgotten this book! I am 37 and I believe this to be my very first favorite book. Over the years I have thought of this book and its simple charm. I recently found an old box at my mothers and was thrilled to find this delightful book. I read it right away and find I still love it as much as when I was a child. I have a 9 year old daughter and we are reading it together. The story reminds you of a simpler time and of the way you would love to of been raised. Hooray for Understood Betsy...still one of my comforting favorites.
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Title: All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor, Helen John ISBN: 0440400597 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Hundred Dresses (Voyager Book) by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin ISBN: 0156423502 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill ISBN: 0689851243 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Caddie Woodlawn (Fiction) by Carol Ryrie Brink, Trina Schart Hyman ISBN: 0689713703 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $2.99 |
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Title: More All of a Kind Family (All-Of-A-Kind Family (Paperback)) by Sydney Taylor, Mary Stevens ISBN: 0929093100 Publisher: Taylor Productions Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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