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Betsy-Tacy

A simpler time and place. When you are 5 the difference between what you pretend and what is real is not clear. So it makes sense that Betsy's story are real to Betsy and Tacy.

I was surprised to find this book also had something as serious a the death of a baby in it.

I loved how Tacy helps Betsy deal with her feeling displaced by her new little sister.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

I love the dedication: it says in part.

My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. ---

I guess I'm old enough to read fairy tales again.

This book was meant to be read before the Magician's Nephew. It makes a comment about you the reader having no idea who Aslan is. which of course you would know if you read the Magician's Nephew.