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Understood Betsy

Name: Understood Betsy
ISBN: 9781625581365

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 26, 2012

Reading lane: 19th-Century U.S.

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Why This Clicks

Learning Her Measure

A sheltered childhood meets farm chores in a gentle story of growing capability.

Come here for

A small, timid girl discovering what she can manage
Two families’ very different ideas of childhood

Expect

A shift from sheltered care to everyday farm chores
A child’s fresh view of the world around her

Book Details

Authors: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: November 26, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: 19th-Century U.S. · US Biographies
Reading lane: 19th-Century U.S.

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New Baby Stories
Farm & Ranch Life

About This Book

Elizabeth Ann, a nine-year-old girl, is timid and small for her age; she is also an orphan. At first she lives with her father's aunt, Harriet, who expects her to lead a very sheltered life. When she is sent to live with her mother's family, on a farm in Vermont, she is then expected to do many of the chores that Harriet had thought too demanding of a little girl. Elizabeth Ann, nicknamed Betsy, discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her.