SPRING 2013 - Ignatius Press

new bethlehem SPRING books
Happy Little Family — Rebecca Caudill
Winter or summer, something is always happening
in the Fairchild house, tucked amidst the pine
trees of the Kentucky hills one hundred years ago
or more. And, four years old or not, Bonnie usually
manages to be in the middle of the action!
HLF-P . . . 128 pages, Softcover, $11.95
The Mitchell Family Series
Written and Illustrated by Hilda Van Stockum
Based on the author’s own family, this series follows
the Mitchell family and their adventures from the
World War II years to the early 1950’s. Ages 10-up.
Canadian Summer
CANS-P . . . 181 pages, Quality Softcover, $13.95
Friendly Gables
FRG-P . . . 165 pages, Quality Softcover, $13.95
Once Upon a Time Saints
Ethel Pochocki
The saints had such incredible lives! Author Ethel
Pochocki retells the stories of saints in whimsical
tales perfect for reading aloud. Each book is lavishly
illustrated by different talented artists. Ages 5-up.
Once Upon a Time Saints
Illustrated by Tom Matt
OUTS-P . . . Softcover, 96 pp, $11.95
More Once Upon a Time Saints
Illustrated by Kathy Holbrook
MOUTS-P . . . 140 pp, Softcover, $11.95
Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints
Illustrated by Ben Hatke
AOUTS-P . . . 211 pp, Softcover, $14.95
Saints and Heroes
Ethel Pochocki • Illustrated by Mary Beth Owens
In this updated anthology Ethel Pochocki has selected
a mixture for older youth of “soldiers and sailors,
kings and queens, doctors, lawyers, beggars,
thieves, poets, diplomats, fools and cranks,” and
she has told their stories in her characteristic lively
style. Beginning with the Mexican Indian, Saint Juan
Diego, born in 1474, and spanning 500 years, these
33 chapters include modern men and women, such
as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and Jean Vanier, as well
as old favorites such as Saints Teresa of Avila, Philip
Neri and Francis de Sales.
STHE-P . . . 258 pages, Quality Softcover, $15.95
Willow Wind Farm Betsy’s Story
Anne Pellowski
This is the fourth book in the popular Latsch Valley
Farm series that has so far spanned 100 years and four
generations of a Polish-American family in Wisconsin.
The story is based on the lively experiences of Betsy
Korb, 7th daughter in a family of 10 children. Along
with her family, Betsy enjoys the fun—and disasters—
that occur at Willow Wind Farm. Set in the year 1967,
the book describes a close and flourishing community
still connected to its European and Catholic roots.
WWF-P . . . 182 pp, Quality Softcover, $12.95
First Farm in the Valley Anna’s Story
Anne Pellowski
Six-year-old Anna Pellowski’s five older siblings are
exposed to English at school, but only Polish is spoken
at home. The younger children barely know a
word of their new country’s language, but then neither
do many of their neighbors. Some years before
Anna’s had come from Poland to establish the very
first farm in the entire Latsch Valley. Now the growing
family lives in a real house, with neighbors on every
side, and the world for quietly curious Anna is filled
with fascinating possibilities.
FFV-P . . . 212 pp, Softcover, $12.95
Winding Valley Farm Annie’s Story
Anne Pellowski
Life for six-year-old Annie Dorawa on Winding Valley
Farm—just down the road from the Pellowskis’ “first
farm in the valley”—is busy and happy. Then one day,
Annie hears her father speak about not planting that
year, but instead moving into town. Is it really possible
that they might leave their beautiful farm What
could her father be thinking about This new anxiety,
along with that inner imp of mischief always threatening
to get her into trouble, hover over Annie as she
works and plays with her sister and five brothers immersed
in the vigorous life of their American- Polish
community.
WVF-P . . . 204 pp, Softcover, $12.95
The Wind Blows Free — Loula Grace Erdman
Forced to give up his store in East Texas, Mr. Pierce
introduces his family to the daunting challenge of life
in a sod hut on the windswept plain of the Texas Panhandle.
His oldest daughter, 14-year-old Melinda, is
especially dismayed. She has given up her friends
and happy town life, for this Before long, however,
Melinda is caught up in the compelling beauty of this
land of wind and wide horizons, with its adventures
and with its gift of new friendship.
WBF-P . . . 270 pages, Softcover, $13.95
John Treegate’s Musket
Leonard Wibberley
In this exciting novel about the Revolutionary
War, follow eleven-year-old Peter Treegate through
a chain of events—involving murder, shipwreck,
loss of memory, adoption by a strange and bitter
Scotsman, until finally he is reunited with his father,
John Treegate, on the eve of America’s battle for
independence.
JTM-P . . . Softcover, 188 pp, $12.95
The Kitchen Madonna
Rumer Godden
Marta is unhappy. For Gregory and his sister Janet,
Marta, with her thick accent, her good cooking,
and her stories, is the anchor of the house. When
they find out that Marta desires a “good place” in
the kitchen, Gregory and Janet set out to find her a
Ukrainian icon in busy, modern London. Illustrated.
KM-H . . . Hardcover, 103 pp, $14.95
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