Free Betsy and the Boys by Carolyn Haywood Page B

time to go home. When Betsy got into the car, Mother said, "Did you have a nice time, dear?"

    "Oh, yes," replied Betsy. "I had a lovely time. You know, Mother, I felt just like me again and I haven't felt like me since Valentine's Day."
    "I'm so glad," said Mother.
    "It was silly of me to forget, all that time, what I really know about Billy, wasn't it?" said Betsy.
    "Very silly, darling," replied Mother.
    "Well, I'll try never to forget again," said Betsy.

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    C AROLYN H AYWOOD (1898-1990) was born in Philadelphia and began her career as an artist. She hoped to become a children's book illustrator, but at an editor's suggestion, she began writing stories about the everyday lives of children. The first of those, "
B" Is for Betsy,
was published in 1939, and more than fifty other books followed. One of America's most popular authors for children, Ms. Haywood used many of her own childhood experiences in her novels. " I write for children," she once explained, "because I feel that they need to know what is going on in their world and they can best understand it through stories."

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