Understood Betsy / Dorothy Canfield Fisher ; with new illustrations by Kimberly Bulcken Root.
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TextPublication details: New York : Holt, 1999.Description: x, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0805060731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.F532 Un 1999
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Fisher, Dorothy Canfield | Checked out | 06/25/2024 | 33111003448780 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.In the beginning, Elizabeth Ann is shocked by country living - pets are allowed to sleep in the house and children are expected to do chores! But with country living comes independence and responsibility, and in time, Elizabeth Ann finds herself making friends and enjoying her new family. When the year is up and Aunt Frances comes to get her niece, she finds a healthier, prouder girl with a new name - Betsy - and a new outlook on life. Understood Betsy has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published by Henry Holt and Company in 1917. Kimberly Bulcken Root's charmingly detailed illustrations capture the winning spirit of this classic.
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.