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sponsored by Minnesota Youth Reading Awards
With this award, Minnesota honors the beloved author Maud Hart Lovelace.
Ms. Lovelace was a famous Minnesota author, born and raised in Mankato at the turn of the twentieth century. Maud loved reading and wrote stories from the time she was a child. Her first poems were printed when she was ten. By eighteen, she had sold her first story. Through her Betsy and Tacy Series, Ms. Lovelace has left a lasting history of Minnesota. It is because of her creativity and enduring work that MYRA honors Maud Hart Lovelace through a children and young adult book award.
*Photograph used with permission from the Minnesota Historical Society