The 2011 Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge!

It's time! This year's Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge is finally here. This is my first year participating, though I have been a lifelong fan of Lovelace's work. Some of my earliest memories are of my mom reading aloud to me from Betsy-Tacy on long summer afternoons. So needless to say, I'm very excited about this!

In honor of the upcoming reprinting of The Betsy-Tacy Treasury, which includes the first four books of the series, I will be rereading all of these early books. I just reread the volumes in the later half of the series this spring, so I thought getting reacquainted with younger Betsy, Tacy, and Tib would be a perfect way for me to participate!

I also have a related project that I've been working on. If I get enough time to work on it, I will unveil it this month. It's nothing huge, but I think it will be fun. : )

If you would like to participate in this challenge, which will go throughout the month of October, head over to A Library is a Hospital for the Mind to sign up! If you've never heard of this series, Sarah also has a lot of past posts that will help clue you in on all things Maud Hart Lovelace. Which reminds me: a special thanks to Sarah for hosting this and for all the work she puts into it. : )