"Many years ago, a poor man bought a small farm with a small rickety house and a small rickety barn." So begins this wonderful tale of a farmer trying to make a living on the most rock-filled farm in the whole county. But it was the best he could afford. So the farmer thanked God for his farm, poor as it was. That gratitude was the key to developing the most fertile land, the best buildings, the fattest cattle, and a happy, healthy, and large family by the end of the tale. 
This story, told beautifully by Esther Bender, and lavishly illustrated by Mary Anne Lard, helps children understand the nature and power of gratitude as a way of living in the worst and best of circumstances.

Thank God for Rocks

Children's Books

Bender, Esther

Literature & Fiction

Morehouse Publishing

Chronicles the life of Katie and her husband Daniel who emigrate from Germany to the United States to build a life for themselves and their family, while struggling to keep the religious faith so important in Katie's upbringing.

Katie and the Lemon Tree

Herald Pr

Over a period of two hundred years, a tree grows thick and crooked, affecting and affected by both animals and humans, but never ceasing to grow.

The Crooked Tree

Science, Nature & How It Works

Copper has trouble coping with his grandfather's death and accepting his new step-brother as part of the family until he spends two weeks on the farm with his grandmother trying to find an albino fawn.

Search for a Fawn

Animals

In a unique collection of short writings, meditations, poetry, personal photos, and computer images, the author shares with readers the way she copes with the disabilities involved with Parkinson's disease. She recommends writing mishmash as a way to deal with any emotion-laden happening in life. She shares with her readers the discouragements and highlights of a life with Parkinson's disease and claims that life always has meaning. Photos of pottery by Lynn Lais help to carry the metaphor of the Master Potter shaping the clay--human beings.

A Cry from the Clay

United States

Elizabeth, sixteen-year-old granddaughter of German immigrants, is torn between two indentured servants from Germany, mischievous Hannes, who is teaching her to read, and serious kind Milo.

Elisabeth and the Windmill (Lemon Tree Series)

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