Jenny Wren, a welfare child, comes to stay with an old farmer and his wife despite the misgivings of some officials. At first silent and distrustful, Jenny warms to the Logans, learning from them about logging, farming, and love. When confronted with a change too hard for her to accept, however, Jenny runs away. When she wants to go back, she finds that she has done more damage than she had thought. Now her home may change again, but Jenny learns the most important thing of all.

Introducing My First Little House Books, picture books adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved storybooks. In Winter Days in the Big Woods, Laura helps Ma and Pa make the little log cabin snug and cozy for the snowy days ahead. In Dance at Grandpa's, the Ingallses travel to Grandpa's house for a merry winter party. Enchanting full-color artwork by Renée Graef, inspired by Garth Williams' classic illustrations, bring little Laura and her family lovingly to life. These are the first two in an ongoing series of My First Little House Books.

Laura helps Ma and Pa make the little log cabin snug and cozy for the snowy days ahead.

1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)

Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in this biblical time of the Judges. Uriah Tarhund's Hittite home is destroyed by invading Greeks. His dying father tells him to go south to seek a Canaanite named Sisera. "He will help you. For my sake. . . ." Uriah is plunged into the tumult of an uneasy Judea. When he saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Moloch, he is given succor for a time by the Hebrews. Later, he finds Sisera and joins him in war against these same people. When the Canaanites are defeated, the young Hittite has the opportunity to come to peace with himself, the Hebrew people and their God.

In this mystery set in ancient Rome, a group of young friends, in an effort to save a wrongly accused boy, search for the real culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.

The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of Roman schoolboys into a dangerous intrigue.

Ancient mystery lies buried in an abandoned church, a treasure that will change Elijah Creek’s life forever. Follow Elijah, Robbie, Reece, Mei, and Skid in their quest for the armor of God, a weapon of immense power in life’s battles—seen and unseen.

An ancient mystery, a cold case, suspicious professors, five friends, the awesome power of the armor of God . . . Join these teens on a quest for the real armor of God in this well-crafted and suspenseful series. Get ready for life-changing adventure and spiritual warfare!

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