This is such a sweet, beautiful book. The characters are all described with love, and their relationships and growth are the main focus. I don’t know what to say except that it’s so good! The setting, the people, the way it feels like we’re seeing things for the first time along with Betsy… I really love this book. 

This is a lovely classic old book. I hadn't read it since I was a child, but at the beginning of the year, we were doing Ambleside with our kids, and it was in the lineup for my youngest daughter, so I used it as a readaloud. It paints such a quiet cozy picture of life on a farm, and it's fun to watch Miss Betsy go from a trembling, anxious little soul, to the strong healthy young girl she is by the book's end. Books like this always made me want to go see New England autumns, with vivid descriptions of the reds and golds of the trees.