Understood Betsy: A Young Readers, Fiction and Literature Classic By Dorothy Canfield! AAA+++

The story of 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 in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

This is a delightful book. Every little girl should read this story. Betsy starts out shy and reserved but as the story unfolds she becomes quite a charming girl with a lot to offer the world.