[[File:51XxxKe1ohL.jpg|thumb|330x330px|''The Big Happy Bear: For Children of All Sizes'' can be purchased from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Big-Happy-Bear-Children-Sizes-ebook/dp/B007FNQIJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493367038&sr=8-1&keywords=bear+betsy+bogert 0595221556 here].|right]]Betsy was also a writer and poet, and has been a published author since 1973 including numerous non-fiction articles on size-acceptance, a hardcover book, two screenplays, two teleplays, and hundreds of poems. Betsy comes from a long line of writers; her great-great grandfather was a "poetmeister" in Germany, her grandfather wrote the editorial page for Hearst's Journal American, her mother was an advertising copywriter and teacher, and her daughter, Raven Demers, is a published poet.