by Maria Lemonnier | Apr 23, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Samantha has high hopes for the best Christmas ever. Things start to go wrong when her Uncle Gard announces he is bringing the beautiful Cornelia home for the holidays. The household goes into a dither, and in all the confusion, No one pays much attention to Samantha...
by Maria Lemonnier | Mar 27, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Kirsten Larson and her family arrive in America in 1854, after a long sea voyage. Everything looks so different from the life Kirsten knew back in Sweden–the ways people talk and dress seem strange! Getting lost in a big city and parting with her best friend...
by Maria Lemonnier | Dec 3, 2005 | Historical Fiction
After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible, so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend’s cousin. (From Publisher) 42 pages ...
by Maria Lemonnier | Aug 22, 2005 | Historical Fiction
Molly is determined that the third-grade girls will win her school’s Lend-a-Hand Contest to help the war effort. When they choose an idea that Molly knows will never work, she talks two friends into doing their own secret project. But the project turns out to be...
by Maria Lemonnier | Apr 7, 2005 | Picture Book