Can I read Understood Betsy on EtoBox?

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Martha Alexander, Kimberly Bulcken Root is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Understood Betsy about?

Dorothy Canfield Fisher's best-known work today, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, and enthusiastically expounds on the ideal of self-reliance for children. Illustrated by Ada C. WilliamsonFirst published in 1916, this engaging classic tells the tale of a thin, pale 9-year-old orphan named Elizabeth Ann who is whisked away from her city home and relocated to a Vermont farm where her cousins, the "dreaded Putneys," live. The Putneys are not as bad as her doting, high-strung Aunt Frances warns, however, and Elizabeth, who had been nurtured by her aunt like an overwatered sapling--positively blooms under their breezy, earthy care. Elizabeth Ann's first victories are small ones--taking the reins from Uncle Harry, doing her own hair, making her own breakfast--but children will revel in the awakening independence and growing self-confidence of a girl who learns to think for herself... and even laugh. Along the way, "citified" readers of all ages will get a glimpse into the lives of people wh

Who reads Understood Betsy?

Author

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Martha Alexander, Kimberly Bulcken Root

Publisher

Independently published (from Henry Holt & Co.)

Published

1916

Language

EN

ISBN

9780440700302

Category

children's

Subjects

Fiction, Children'S

Rating

4.12 / 5 (130 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14