Bubblegum Betty is a charming little book written by Jane Elizabeth Martin. Jane is the daughter of the main character, Bubblegum Betty. She recounts Betty’s childhood days in an endearing and interesting way!
The book starts out with Betty’s birth in the chapter titled “Born With A Bang”, travels through her childhood escapades with her siblings, meanders through her schoolroom days and on into her courtship.
This would be a great book to read aloud to your children or grandchildren! It is only 46 pages long and divided into six chapters, so it doesn’t take long to read – but is a delightful collection of stories that will show your children what life was like during the Depression years.
Backcover: Bubblegum Betty is the true story of young Mennonite girl growing up during the Great Depression. Hear about her childhood adventures like cutting off just one of her braids, eating soap and walking in her sleep. Growing up with a large family and a special needs brother kept her life interesting. Also, enjoy Betty’s advice and just a few favorite recipes and family photos.
Bubblegum Betty isn’t all stories! It also contains these extras:
- Betty Today
- Advice from Betty
- Delicious recipes from Bubblegum Betty
You can purchase this delightful little book at
Jane Martin’s Etsy Store, Mennonite Mom,
for $10.75.
PLUS
If you use the discount code SHOE1, you will receive 10% off at checkout!
This offer expires December 25, 2014.
As Jane wrote in the chapter Betty Advice To All, on page 37: “Remember that nobody is normal. ‘Normal is only a setting on the dryer.’ Bubblegum Betty wasn’t normal. Her brother Eugene wasn’t normal. You aren’t normal. So treat everyone with love, courtesy and respect!”
The author is giving away
one book of Bubblegum Betty
PLUS
a $20 in-store credit to Mennonite Mom Etsy Store!
Giveaway open to US entries only and ends November 4, 2014.
Have fun!
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Tiffany Holley says
I was not raised “plain,” or even Christian, but now we follow hard after Christ, and my daughter and I dress modestly and cover.
Kendra says
What a beautiful testimony! Thank you.
Sherri says
Hmm… I don’t know what’s unique about me. Maybe I’m unique because I don’t have anything unique about me. 😀
Kendra says
That works!
Blessed Homemaking says
Hmmm I don’t know. I’d rather stay home than go out? I’m sure others are like that though 🙂
Kendra says
I can for a while, then I start to go crazy. 🙂
eldoncrystal says
This is a hard task! I think it’s easier for others to see our unique qualities than to come up with them ourselves. I like ketchup on my tuna melt sandwiches.
Kendra says
Yep. That’s unique alright!! 😉
Janis Bowles says
my husband and i got married on 06-07-08
Kendra says
Ok. That’s just cool! Certainly makes it easier to remember your anniversary, I’m sure.
Renee says
Hmm… One unique thing about me: One of my ancestors is Jenny Wiley, who has a state park in Kentucky named after her. 🙂
Kendra says
Not many of us can say anything quite like that!
Dawn P. says
One unique thing about me is that I love to repurpose old doilies and hankies into bonnets for little ones 🙂
Kendra says
That is so neat! I’m sure they’re adorable.
Bridget Garriga says
One unique thing about me is that I joined the Mennonite church over 5 years ago from a Pentecostal background.
Kendra says
I’d love to hear your story!
Mary says
I guess the thing that surprised me most about myself lately is finding out that my great-grandparents were Mennonites who emigrated from Russia. I love knowing that I have that heritage 🙂
Kendra says
That’s wonderful! I am having fun reading all these tidbits about you folks. 🙂
Le-Teisha says
Looking forward to ordering the book this weekend. Thank you for letting me know about it.
Kendra says
You’re very welcome!
Carolyn says
Looks like a fun book to read aloud–we’ll finish up the Little House series tonight and this looks like one we’d enjoy!
Christine Miller says
I just got this book when I purchased a bunch of lovely XL and XXL(very hard to find used anywhere else) cape dresses from Mrs. Martin. It was hilarious and I shared it with my daughter(10). It was so nice to be able to share a fun book with a child without reservations or worries regarding content. I hope to get her a copy of her own so I can have mine back:)
Christine Miller says
Oh, something unique. I consider watching Dr. Who to be a guilty pleasure. I don’t even have a tv(watched on my husbands computer) and usually prefer to read mysteries or crochet rag rugs. That may be more of a confession than a uniqueness. I do pine for a sonic screwdriver, though I’m not proud of it.
Kendra says
My guilty pleasure right now is watching an episode of London Hospital on the computer once in a while! Very informative about how they took care of the poor folks in the East End of London – I love medical stuff and find this so interesting to see their medical procedures even back then.
Thanks for commenting!!
Jane says
Christine Miller, you are a blessing. Tell me more about the rag rugs you crochet sometime, I would love to learn how to make them, or maybe my daughter can learn how to.
Christine Miller says
I’ve only just started making them since we had a huge pile of worn out tee shirts. I found the instructions online to be really confusing(even youtube had me confuddled) so I opted for the good old granny square. I crochet lots of granny squares(the basic instructions I got from Bev’s country cottage online) because they always give me the option of stopping points and the basic instructions are easy to memorize and make into any size. So, I cut my tee shirts into strips and sewed the edges together by hand (not pretty, just secure)and began the granny square and just kept making square rounds until I ran out. I really enjoy crafts when there is no counting and thinking required and this fits the bill for me. My fear is what I’ll do when I run out of shirts! I suppose I’ll go back to yarn granny squares then and demand the kids go play “very hard” in their currently un-ruined shirts till I have some more:)
Kate @ MGR says
One interesting this about me is that I have recently started writing my own html. Nothing fancy but a year ago, I would have *nev-ver* guessed that would be one of my tasks.
Kendra says
I know a smidgen of it! And I’ll have to say it is fun – if I had the time to devote to it. It’s sort of like algebra, and I loved algebra!
Claudia says
Hm… I prefer to sleep on couches to beds!
Kendra says
You should have been at my house the last month! We’ve been trying to get the baby sleeping better and moved him to the living room – so I see the couch lots of nights.