The Timeless Classics With a Foreword by Melissa WileyThis beautiful edition brings together two of Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Deep Valley books: Carney's House Party and Winona's Pony Cart—standalone stories about two of the favorite characters from the Betsy-Tacy series, and features a foreword by author Melissa Wiley and a biography of illustrator Vera Neville. Carney is one of my favorite characters in Betsy's high school Crowd, and if ever a character deserved her own book, it is Caroline Sibley, that warmhearted, capable, mirthful intellighen girl whose home is the setting of so many lively Deep Valley adventures.—Melissa WileyWinona adds a dash of spice to every scene she inhabits.—Melissa WileyThere are three authors whose body of work I have reread more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.—Anna QuindlenI reread these books every year.—Laura Lippman | Carney's House Party/Winona's Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace, Paperback | Indigo Chapters