Books published by publisher Thomas Y Crowell New York 1952

It seemed at the beginning of the new year that Beany had to worry only about what dress she would wear to the dinner dance with her best boy friend, Marine Corps Corporal, Andy Kern. She could see it all- Andy, handsome in his dress blues, lost in admiration as she floated toward him in her misty green brocade. But life was to make stern demands on Beany before that school year was over. And she turned, in her despair, to Tony Lombard, who was as tormented as Beany herself. She felt that family had deserted her, that Andy did not understand her, that her most intimate friends were unperceptive.

Three of a Kind Betsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Sometimes they quarrel with Betsy's and Tacy's bossy big sisters, but they never quarrel among themselves.They are not as good as they might be. They cook up awful messes in the kitchen, throw mud on each other and pretend to be beggars, and cut off each other's hair. But Betsy, Tacy, and Tib always manage to have a good time.Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.