A dangerous virus is making many people sick. Because of this, nothing is as it was. Most of the businesses are closed. In those that are still open, there isn’t enough of everything available to buy. Schools, preschools and playgrounds are also closing, and so Amelie and Amos need to spend almost all day at home. Even though it is a difficult time for many, there are wonderful experiences as well. And one thing is certain: Eventually, things will be looking up again!
December is here! For Amelie and her cousin Amos, it is a time of anticipation. The first snow is falling, candles are being lit and cookies being baked, the whole house is decorated for Christmas. St. Nicholas is coming and they have to finish their wish lists in time. But not everything always goes smoothly...
Amelie is a little bored now and then – but that never lasts very long, because she always thinks of something great that she can play: Café with her friend Sophie, for example, or the challenging Yes/No Game with Dad. She teaches her doll Lisa to fly, extinguishes fires in the doll house with her cousin Amos and secretly changes clothes with him because ... Well, I won't spoil that here.
For Amelie and her cousin Amos, Christmas is the most wonderful festival of all. IThe holiday season is a time of secrets and big and small surprises. But the two of them aren't just looking forward to the presents. They also try their best to give the Christ Child a helping hand. If only they didn't have to wait so long for Christmas Eve to come! But there is one thing they don't know yet: this year, they will get a very special present on Christmas Day...
Little Amos is staying over with his cousin Amelie for several days because his Mum is away. It is much more difficult for two to fall asleep than one. There is always something exciting happening! They meet a fairy and a nose biter, and Amos’s hamster disappears. In addition, they make secret plans, sneak up on Amelie’s parents, play games in the dark, and much more.
Amelie and Amos like going to nursery school. Amos makes the crybaby Anya laugh and saves Alex when he disappears during a trip to the forest. Toby is annoyed because Amos’ hamster has the same name as him. Amelie has to work hard to get a carrot down during a healthy breakfast and helps the Syrian girl Banu learn German. It never gets boring in nursery school!
Amos likes to meet up with his friends to play and run around all afternoon. They watch exciting films at the cinema, marvel at the acrobats in the circus, visit the Punch and Judy show, ride the big wheel at the fair, and celebrate birthdays together. Amos always has fun, even though things don't always go according to plan.
Amelie has been wishing for a little sister for a really long time, so she is overjoyed when she learns that little Maya is on the way. An exciting time begins. Very soon, Amelie notices that caring for a baby isn’t always easy, and there are some things she still doesn’t know about babies. For example, that they often have no hair, cry a lot and can’t eat candy eggs. But Amelie does her very best to be a good big sister.
Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she’s tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943. As Bertie and her four sisters tenderly nurture Songbird back to health, the bond between the childless midwife and the motherless teen grows strong. But soon Songbird is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will tear this little family apart. Thirty years later, the day after his father’s funeral, Walker Wylie is stunned to learn he was adopted as an infant. The famous country singer enlists the help of adoption advocate Reese Chandler in the hopes of learning why he was abandoned by his birth parents. With the only clue he has in hand, Walker and Reese head deep into the Appalachian Mountains to track down Bertie Jenkins, the midwife who holds the secrets to Walker’s past. For fans of historical and Southern fiction comes a poignant story of love and sacrifice set in the heart of Appalachia, from award-winning author Michelle Shocklee. Full-length Christian historical fiction Standalone novel Book length: approximately 94,000 words Includes discussion questions for book groups
