The Red Pop Beads
In this story, readers are invited into the world of two little girls who lived quite an ordinary life until one day when nothing was ever ordinary again. The story...
999
Die Schtori vum Peter Haas (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
This classic tale by Beatrix Potter has now been translated into Pennsylvania Dutch. Both the English and corresponding PA Dutch translation are printed on each page and easy to follow....
1100
Pennsylvania German Words in Context
This is an extended compilation of more than 7,000 PA German words in an appropriate PA German sentence direct from the mouths of a series of native speakers of the...
1995
The Trail to Tanglewild Mountain
Young and old alike will enjoy this captivating story of a pioneer family heading west in an oxen-drawn covered wagon encountering all kinds of dangerous perils along the trail. Some...
899
Shem Zook—An Uncommon Amishman
This study of the life of Shem Zook reveals a unique person much like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson with many significant contributions and a legacy of enormous influence. Although he...
1000
Mammi Gans: Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes
A delightful book of Mother Goose's nursery rhymes in both Pennsylvania Dutch and English! (62pp. illus. Inkwell Ed., 2003.)
1499
Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans
More than 2,000 beliefs and superstitions are included in both the Pennsylvania German language and the English translation. They are arranged here according to subjects such as childhood, marriage, omens,...
1800
Was Isch Dini Nahme? What Is Your Name? A Collection of Swiss Family Names
About 350 more names were added to this revised edition of the study of Swiss Mennonite names. Corrections and additions were also made to the original entries in the first...
Opening the Rabbinic Doors to the Gospels: An Introduction
What do Jewish backgrounds and rabbinic literature have to do with the Gospels? “Everything,” according to one of St. Petersburg Seminary and Yeshiva’s most respected professors. Based on popular lectures...
1495
Pennsylvania Dutch Christmases
This is a pictorial history focusing on the nineteenth-century Christmas customs of the Pennsylvania Dutch in Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Some earlier beginnings and traditions that...
1299
Anabaptist Families from Langnau, Switzerland, 1749-1875
This unique collection covers 232 Anabaptist families who were forced to leave Langnau, Switzerland, and settle in the Bishopric of Basel, Switzerland, where they lived for a number of generations....
Da Noah Un Di Oahrich
This classic Old Testament story of “Noah and the Ark” in Pennsylvania Dutch with an English translation is perfect for children who primarily speak Pennsylvania Dutch. But it isn’t just...
599
As Long As Wood Grows and Water Flows: A History of the Conestoga Mennonite Church
An illustrated history of a congregation that began in 1760 in parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Berks Cos., Pa. The Conestoga Mennonite Church at Morgantown, Pa., is the oldest permanent...
2000
From Troubled Times
This grandfather's story tells the true story of Swiss and German families who were forced to leave their homeland because of their faith. This story is based on letters (some...
699
Abe and the Dinner Bell
Abe's family knew that Confederate soldiers were on their way north. Would nine-year-old Abe be able to do the important job that his father assigned to him before the soldiers...
Zwingli, Volume I: The Key to Finding Your Amish/Mennonite and Church of the Brethren Ancestors
Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), Swiss priest and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland is featured along with ten groups of persons closely associated with him (his mother’s family, his wife’s family,...
3800
Christian's Choice: A Day on the Hans Herr Farm
The 1719 Hans Herr House, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's, oldest surviving structure, is the setting for this engaging story about a young Mennonite boy. Eighteenth-century Christian finds something that will make...
800
Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Langenselbold in Hesse to America
The emigration from Langenselbold and nearby villages in Germany started in 1709, when the first group left for England, arriving in New York in 1710. More than 70 families came...
2750
How to Change the World One Penny at a Time: The Story of Claude Good and the Worm Project
Claude and Alice Good spent 25 years in Mexico working with indigenous peoples and translating the Bible into two dialects for the Triqui people. The Triqui children suffered from malnutrition...
1400
At the Brown House on the Corner
At the Brown House on the Corner is a whimsical tale, told from the eyes of the author's five-year-old self and based on her early childhood in northern Ontario, Canada....
895