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| An Amish Kitchen | View shopping basket | |
| by Mary Clemens Meyer, editor and compiler | ||
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illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan spiral, 134 pages, $9.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Cookbooks Amish Cookbooks | On an Amish farm, each season brings its bounty from garden and fields-spring strawberries and peas; summer sweet corn, beans and tomatoes; autumn pumpkins and crisp, tangy apples. An Amish Kitchen invites you to enjoy these simple, wholesome tastes in recipes from Amish cooks. This authentic cookbook includes foods for hearty, everyday meals as well as special dishes for life's celebrations. Thousands of readers have been touched by the simple, strong faith of an Amish housewife in the Miriam's Journal series. Now join Miriam in her kitchen as she prepares the tasty, hearty meals of Amish Everyday life, and special recipes for life's celebrations. The Cookbook is spiced with fitting excerpts from her journals and illustrated in spritely fashion by Joy Dunn Keenan. Formerly titled Miriam's Cookbook. | |
| Willowcreek Valley Farm series | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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Willowcreek Valley Farm Set paperback, $34.00 Save 10%! This set includes all 5 of the books in the Willowcreek Valley Farm series. Titles include: Willowcreek Valley Farm, Bittersweet Journey, Horseshoe Knoll, Trailblazing in Penn's Woods, and Home in the Wilderness. | Add... | |
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Willowcreek Valley Farm paperback, 160 pages, $6.95 Annie misses their close-knit Amish families in the north and hopes they can move back in two years. Meanwhile, their first summer of marriage is filled with exciting events. Dannie and his mischievous sister, Erika, live with the young couple; the Newfoundland dog Buddy shows up; a firebug torches barns in the valley and there are accidents, rescues, barn-raisings, quiltings, and solemn church meetings. Bender shows how character and maturity can develop. Will the Petersheims be able to stay in Tennessee? Can they claim it as their home? Copyright 2002. | Add... |
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Bittersweet Journey paperback, 142 pages, $6.95 Annie's friend loans them several books, one about Mennonites migrating from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Upper Canada (now Ontario) two hundred years ago. The epic story captures their interest. The Petersheims read together and discuss the dangers faced. They identify with the lifestyle, desire for freedom of faith, and need for farms. Bittersweet Journey shows Pennsylvanians making a great effort to help the pioneers save their mortgaged and in the wilds of Canada. Annie, with her woman's instincts, feels with Beccy Eby Bricker in her trials. Steve, with his preacher's insights, explores spiritual issues in hero Sam Bricker's life. Reading together gives them edifying entertainment. Book two. Copyright 2003. | Add... |
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Horseshoe Knoll paperback, $6.95 Dannie and Susie have left their Pennsylvania home to help at their brother's Amish Tennessee farm for the summer. Susie stays in the community and becomes friends with Savilla, on a neighboring farm. Dannie and a childhood friend, Jodie, obtain the approval of their folks to go with Dr Robinson and his wife to work on a Colorado ranch for several weeks. Stallions, sheepdogs, and sheep figure in this drama of the scenic foothills and so do various wild animals, including a cougar. Dannie learns what it takes to be a man, develop character, and take responsibility. Meanwhile, Susie and Savilla care for the new babies of t heir host families, do farm tasks, take trips to town, and even work for some elderly non-Amish folks. Close-knit Amish family life is nurtured by letters,, phone calls, and the extended family's annual reunion. Book 3. Copyright 2003 AB Publishing, Inc. | Add... |
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Trailblazing in Penn's Woods paperback, $8.95 Dannie and Susie Petersheim are keeping the home fires burning at Willowcreeek Valley Farm and reading a book about a young girl who travels on a ship across the stormy ocean to settle in America. She lived briefly in Grosdaudy Hans Herr's house before traveling wetward into Penn's Woods. Indians attack and capture her before she is rescued by a young trapper who becomes her future husband. Book 4. Copyright 2005 Masthoff Press | Add... |
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Home in the Wilderness paperback, $7.95 Susie has left her Pennsylvania home to help at her brother Steven's Amish Tennessee farm as Steven's wife, Annie, awaits a new baby. While Susie is recovering from an accident, she reads a book about Betsey of Hammer Creek in Lancaster County. A Bachelor in Upper Canada invites Betsey to join a Conestoga wagon caravan going there soon after 1800. In Tennessee, letters, visits, and a reunion of the relatives nurture close-knit family life. Book 5. Copyright 2006 A.B. Publishing, Inc | Add... | |
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Related Items Fiction Amish Fiction | After Steven Petersheim marries Annie Stoltzfoos in Pennsylvania, they move to a rented farm in a young Amish settlement in Tennessee. Follow Steven and Annie Petersheim and their lives on Willowcreek Valley Farm. | |
| Joy's Journal | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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Joys Journal Set paperback, $40.25 Save 10%! All five books in the Joy's Journal series. Titles include: Tall Cedar Homestead, Beechwood Acres, Majestic Oaks, Forget-Me-Not Lane, and Lamplight on the Heart. | Add... | |
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Tall Cedar Homestead paperback, 128 pages, $8.95 A just-married Amish couple settles on a homestead in Montana and experiences the excitement of beginning a new life together, the loneliness of distance from their family, the thrilling beauty of the nearby majestic mountains, the fear of mysterious night-time prowlers, a hostile taxpayer, and neighbors who eventually apologize-all shared amidst the four seasons experienced by Miriam "Joy". Book 1. | Add... |
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Beechwood Acres paperback, $8.95 Book 2 in the Joy's Journal Series. In this sequel to Tall Cedars Homestead, Kermit and Joy move to Beechwood Acres in Montana only to discover that someone is living in an old abandoned range shelter on their property. Then there is the visit from Joy's great-grandmother who brought a journal written by her mother when she lived in the Conestoga Valle of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the 1700s. Read about the Indian settlement near Weber's Thal; a man who weighed 400 pounds and built a cart because he was too heavy to ride a horse only to discover that the church leaders felt it was too worldly; and the Settlement of the Solitary (later called Ephrata Cloister) who claimed local Mennonites. Would it claim Feronica, or would she marry Yockel, her Mennonite sweetheart. Tears of joy and sorrow bring you to an unexpected ending! Copyright 2002. | Add... |
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Majestic Oaks paperback, 140 pages, $8.95 Book 3 in the Joy's Journal Series. Kermit and Joy move to a small farmette in Pennsylvania near Aunt Miraiam and Uncle Nate. Grandma Gertrude comes to visit and brings another old journal-this time of Feronica's daughter, Julia, as she visits the Conestoga Valley where her mother grew up. Local sites including The Cloister, Eby's Mill, Saeue Schwamm Shettle, Graf's Spring, Horseshoe Trail, and Weber's Thal, are captured in Julia's thoughts and experiences. She is smitten with the charms of Abe Rittenhouse, a Mennonite schoolmaster, but during a fox hunt near the Blue Ball Run, a young George Glauner is thrown from his horse and is injured. He is carried to the Wittman home where Julia is the maud (maid). His twinkling hazel eyes captivate and charm Julia as well. Copyright 2003. Masthof Press | Add... |
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Forget-Me-Not Lane paperback, $8.95 Book 4 in the Joy's Journal Series. Kermit and Joy experience the joy nad challenges of parenthood while living on a farmette in Pennsylvania. They love living close to Aunt Miriam and Uncle Nate and dear friend Sadie and between them the grasses of Forget-Me-Not Lane are kept constantly trodden down as they run back and forth to visit. The days are kept lively as a family of four motherless children move onto the next farm and the three little "happy campers" from Beechwood Acres days come and stay for a while. Kermit is kept busy in his woodworking shop, but his heart isn't in it. He longs for the great outdoors on the cattle farm in Montana. But Joy is happy and content where she is with family and good friends and neighbors nearby. Copyright 2004 Masthof Press | Add... |
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Lamplight on the Hearth paperback, $8.95 Book 5 in the Joy's Journal Series. Kermit and Joy move back to Montana where they marvel anew at the awesome majesty of the country, the tall pines etched against the mountains, the never-ending blue sky, and the scenic river winding it way through the valley. Kermit's work is in the great outdoors, doing what he enjoys most. Joy is busy with many household duties and caring for their children. Then a surprise arrives in the mail from Great-Grandmother Gertrude-another of Julia's old-time journals. In it Julia relates of tough trials, heartaches, and near-despair after she and George and their three children moved to Kentucky. Joy can't help but shed tears for her as she re-copies the old journal. Copyright 2005 Masthof Press | Add... |
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Related Items Amish Fiction Fiction Series | Following the experiences of Miriam's "Joy" who was just a little girl in the popular Miriam's Journal Series. | |
| Betty Girl and Other Animal Stories | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender, compiler | ||
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paperback, 124 pages, $8.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Children Humor | More than thirty Amish and Mennonites have shared their personal
experiences with animals. Read about Anna whose horse "Betty Girl"
could run like the wind; Blind Shirley's seeing eye horse, "Tinkles"
whos always new when Sunday arrived and would trot off to church
without being told when and where; a banty hen who crowed like a
roster; and more. Laugh and cry with these true stories about playful and adventurous animals. Copyright 2004 Mastof Press. | |
| Johanna's Journal | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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Melody of My Heart paperback, 160 pages, $6.95 A story about the Johnstown, PA flood in 1889. Johanna and her sister have been taught God's hand is in everything. Johanna's Journal isn't only about the Johnstown flood, it's about a young woman's hopes and dreams. Copyright 2003 AB publishing. | Add... |
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On Wings of Serenity: San Francisco, CA 1905-1906 paperback, 160 pages, $6.95 Johanna has come to California with dear elderly friends on an errand of restoration; restoration of body and soul. The long train ride from Pennsylvania is an adventure in itself! Through this journey Johanna meets new friends and sees God's mercy and forgiveness. Copyright 2004 AB Publishing. | Add... |
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Briar Rose Cottage: Pennsylvania 1911-1912 paperback, 159 pages, $6.95 June 21...At that moment the barn door opened. Mr Harrington hurried in. His face brightened when he saw how good the colt was looking. He apologized profusely for running off and neglecting the colt; some important business matters had come up. He must leave again at once for Oklahoma. He would not likely be back until fall. We had a heart-to-heart talk. I promised to write him while he is gone...They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. It is exciting to think our relationship could blossom into a romance and, eventually, marriage! What happens to Mr Harrington in Oklahoma? Is he being honest with Johanna? Is she too set in her ways for marriage? What is God's plan in all this? Copyright 2004. AB Publishing. | Add... |
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Related Items Fiction | A new series by Carrie Bender. Follow Johanna on her travels. | |
| Dora's Diary | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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Dora's Diary Set paperback, $40.45 Save 10%. The set includes all five volumes of Dora's Diary. Titles include Birch Hollow Schoolmarm, Lilac Blossom Time, Beyond Blue Mist Mountains, Millstream Orchards Family, and Rock Garden Ramblings. | Add... | |
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: Dora's Diary 1 illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paperback, 192 pages, $8.95 Dora runs around with the Amish youth, then makes her peace with parents and church. Family friends call her to teach for an Amish community in Minnesota. She dedicates herself to teaching, yet is not too busy to have dates with Matthew. When the teaching job
fizzles out, she works as a hired girl, caring for nine young children.
Stress almost overwhelms Dora, but lilacs, love, and faith keep her
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Lilac Blossom Time: Dora's Diary 2 illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paperback, 160 pages, $8.95 The sequel to Birch Hollow Schoolmarm. Dora and Matthew have a joyful reunion in Minnesota for a week, but he has to return to California. The letters fly between them as Dora is a Maad (hired girl) for a lively, large family in Minnesota. Then she returns to her parents in Pennsylvania and serves as a companion for Mrs. Worthington. Dora hears tales of the Underground Railroad and of pioneers in the West. With Mrs. Worthington, she visits California and sees Matthew over Valentine's Day! Then come spring courting and the fall wedding. Lilacs, love, and faith keep Dora going. Copyright 2001. | Add... |
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Beyond Mist Blue Mountains: Dora's Diary 3 paperback, 200 pages, $8.95 Dora, married and settled into Millstream Orchard Farm in Minnesota, writes in her diary faithfully. A year after they had planned, Dora and her husband Matthew finally go to Belize to work in an orphanage run by Dora's aunt and uncle. There, though she is homesick at times, she recounts their many adventures: a kidnapped child, thieves in the night, escaping down a wild river, watching the breathtaking tropical sunsets, and of course, taking care of all those children. Through all this, Dora and Matthew wish for a child of their own. Even after three years of marriage, there is no baby. So the adventures continue. They buy a farm in a different Amish settlement in Belize, adopt children (Dora wants a dozen!), and revel in the wonderful people and world God has given them. Copyright 2003. | Add... |
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Millstream Orchards Family: Dora's Diary 4 paperback, 157 pages, $8.95 Dora and Matthew have returned from working in an orphanage in Belize. They now have eight adopted children and are living on Millstream Orchard Farm in Minnesota. In her journal Dora records blessings and struggles of their family life, with stories from the parents' earlier days. Farm adventures sometimes take a toll on health, yet they rejoice in family togetherness and the cycle of seasons. They are busy with home chores, farmwork, helping the neighbors, and times out for jokes, fun, picnics, and relaxation. By caring for each other, they create precious memories. Copyright 2004. | Add... |
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Rock Garden Ramblings: Dora's Diary 5 paperback, 152 pages, $8.95 Dora and Matthew add their birth baby to their eight adopted children. There's never a dull moment on the farm. Friends and family help with picking (and throwing!) tomatoes on their ten-acre patch. The youngsters play pranks on the hired man and pick up a hitchhiker who wants to work on a farm. They all work, yes, but also have fun: picnics in meadow and mountain, farm frolics, doughnut-making, sledding, skating, and more. Copyright 2005 A.B. Publishing | Add... |
Cover... Related Items Amish Fiction Fiction Amish | Back by popular demand, Carrie Bender's series about Dora, the adopted daughter of Miriam and Nate (in Miriam's Journal, 5 volumes). | |
| Miriam's Journal | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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A Treasured Friendship paper, 160 pages, $8.95 With Nate and their four children, Miriam revels in the seasons and interaction on their Amish farm. However, some of her friendships are strained. Friend Gloria is miffed because Miriam won't try her miracle diet powder.
A trail of trouble follows a schoolteacher lodging in Miriam's home, disrupting
her household. Meanwhile, Miriam tries bookish tips to improve her
relationship with her husband, with mixed results. Through it all, Miriam
treasures the words of faith and learns the power of words to wound and to heal.
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A Golden Sunbeam paper, 192 pages, $8.95 Blessings of family, friends, and farm warm Miriam's heart. Martha comes from Germany to live in Miriam's home. She keeps things lively with the children and with her romantic ups and downs. Miriam and Nate's faith is
tested when close friends leave on a missionary assignment, taking along Dora,
who is like a daughter to Miriam. Then Miriam's patience is stretched when she
is suspected of child abuse. Yet inner peace anchors Miriam. She and her
family press on toward the goal of God's heavenly call. Book 5. | Add... |
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| Whispering Brook Series | View shopping basket | |
| by Carrie Bender | ||
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Summerville Days illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paper, 224 pages, $8.95 Whispering Brook Farm is home base for Nancy Petersheim. But she pulls herself away to visit her sister and brother-in-law in Summerville. Never once did she dream that this would stretch from two weeks to all summer. Book 2. 2007 reprint Masthof Press | Add... | |
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Chestnut Ridge Acres illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paper, 176 pages, $8.95 Joe and Arie, a young Amish couple move onto Chestnut ridge Acres, a farm near Summerville. Joe's younger sister Nancy and brother Steven come from Whispering Brook Farm to help them during their first summer. Storms and
mistakes make for rough going on the farm. But they hang together, and the
community gathers to raise a barn for Joe's new dairy operation. Join Joe and
Arie and see how days and nights on chestnut Ridge are full of action, dealing
with farm life and wildlife. Book 3 | Add... |
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Hemlock Hill Hideaway illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paper, 168 pages, $8.95 The Petersheims of Whispering Brook buy a farm for young Omar at Summerville. They send Omar's sister Nancy to keep house for him while he is still single. The Petersheim's model family and church togetherness. Nancy and Omar have lively times with Sally and Andrew Fisher. Book 4 2007 reprint Masthof Press | Add... | |
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Woodland Dell's Secret illustrated by Joy Dunn Keenan paper, 176 pages, $8.95 Nancy Petersheim, keeping house for her brother Omar, is busy with her own work, helping neighbors, and being friends with Sally and Andrew. This Amish family pulls together in the crunch and knows how to enjoy wholesome living. They invite you to share their fun and celebration of life. Book 5 2007 reprint Masthof Press | Add... | |
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Timber Lane Cove paperback, 156 pages, $8.95 The story of the Petersheim family continues in this sixth and final book in the Whispering Brook Series. Omar and Sally are getting married. Nancy and Dannie decide to move to Timber Lane Cove to help the Taylor family. While cooking and caring for the seven Taylor children, Nancy dreams of her own home someday and writes letters to Andrew in Michigan. What if Andrew wants to stay there? Can Nancy leave her beloved family, friends, and woods here in Pennsylvania? Dannie befriends Old Leo who is living in the hunting cabin in Byler's woods and takes his horse Silky for long rides in the woods and meadows. Dannie has many adventures as he traps muskrats, meets a bobcat, and is almost killed by a bear. Join Nancy, Dannie, and their whole family as they experience daily adventures, life changes, and their abiding love for each other. Book 6 Copyright 2003. Herald Press | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Amish Fiction Series Fiction Children | Warm stories of Amish farm life by Carrie Bender for ages 9 and up. | |
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