what is the correct order of the books, "betsy and tacy" by maud hart lovelace?

Question

i used to read them when i was little and i'd like to read them again only i dont know the right order they go in.

Answer 1

Betsy-Tacy (1940)
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941)
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942)
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)
Heaven to Betsy (1945)
Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946)
Betsy Was a Junior (1947)
Betsy and Joe (1948)
Betsy and the Great World (1952)
Betsy's Wedding (1955)

Answer 2

Ah someone beat me to the correct order but having read and re-read all of them I'll add this:

the 1st 4 (Besty-Tacy, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, Betsy-Tacy Go Over the Big Hill & Betsy-Tacy go downtown) are all written for younger readers (Intermediate ages 8-12.) Starting with "Heaven to Betsy" (and through Betsy's Wedding) the reading level jumps up to a more YA level. As an adult, those are better re-reads. So like this:

Betsy-Tacy - Betsy is 5 and meets Tacy at her b-day.
Betsy-Tacy & Tib - Tib moves into the neighborhood.
Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill - the girls are about 10-11.
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown - Betsy is 12. This is the one with her uncle the actor.

then it jumps to HS and the reading level jumps too.

Heaven To Betsy - Freshman Year HS, she moves to a new house.
Betsy in Spite of Herself - Soph year HS, she visits Tib in Milwaukee and dates the popular Phillip.
Betsy was a Junior - Junior year (duh.) Forms a sorority.
Besty and Joe - Senior year. Dates Joe, dates Tony, etc.
Betsy and the Great World - Age 21, after 2 years of college. Travels Europe just prior to WWI.
Betsy's Wedding - Gets married (right after "Great World) ends.

There are also other books associated with the series that you may not have read (I didn't when I was a kid because in the 1980s everything past "In Spite of herself" was out of print.) They are "Winona's pony Cart" (for younger readers like the 1st 4), "Emily of Deep Valley", and "Carney's House Party" (which are both more along the line of the later books. )

There is also a good Biography of Maud Hart Lovelace that tells you the background of the people in her life she based the series on. (All the books are loosely autobiographical with Maud being "betsy" and her husband, the author Delos Lovelace being the model for "Joe.") All the characters in her HS crowd are based on read people as well.