Betsy and Billy in the third grade continue to have, in school and out, just the kind of good times children love to read about. They also get into scrapes which are almost more fascinating than the good times.

"To write a story of a child's everyday life simple enough for beginners in reading, gay and spontaneous and dramatic on a little child's level, but never overdrawn nor overcolored, is a real achievement." This is from a New York Times review of BETSY AND BILLY and it is equally true of this new story.

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