Just Plain Fancy
Just Plain Fancy

Author: Patricia Polacco

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0307974715

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A charming picture book set in an Amish community, by the beloved storyteller Patricia Polacco. Naomi lives with her farming family in an Amish village in Pennsylvania. As part of her household chores, Naomi looks after the chickens with her little sister, Ruth. One day Naomi and Ruth find an abandoned egg near the road. Naomi decides this special egg must be hatched. And when it is, it's plain to see that this is no ordinary chick! The girls keep the chick, named Fancy, a secret . . . until the day of their family's community working bee. On this day, Naomi is to receive a white organdy cap, an Amish tradition, as a reward for her hard work and responsibility. But on this day, too, Fancy the chick decides to introduce himself to the community! The results are a sheer delight, pure and simple. Accompanied by Patricia Polacco's beautiful artwork, this story of discovery and growing up will stay in the hearts of all who turn its pages.

Plain and Fancy
Plain and Fancy

Author: Albert Hague

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780573680489

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"Two sophisticated New Yorkers, with property to sell, find themselves stranded in Bird-in-Hand, PA and their encounters with the local Amish provide a charming and eye-opening look into the 'plain' people of this rural enclave as "country mouse meets city mouse.""-Publisher.

A Plain & Fancy Christmas
A Plain & Fancy Christmas

Author: Cynthia Keller

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0345528751

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Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her close-knit family. Widowed three years ago, she has moved back in with her parents, attempting to raise her daughter, Katie, without further emotional upheaval. Meanwhile, four hours and a whole world away in New York City, Ellie Lawrence is laser-focused on a high-powered public relations career, with too little time for her family, her friends, or even her boyfriend. Then one fateful day, these two very different women receive shocking news of a mistake made three decades earlier and long kept hidden: Shortly after their births, the two were accidentally switched in the hospital. Shaken to the core by this momentous news, Rachel and Ellie are plunged into an exploration of who they are and where they really belong. While Ellie is eager to learn more about her Amish family and their life in the countryside, Rachel cannot help but feel jealous as she watches the only mother she has ever known bonding so easily with her natural daughter. But Rachel also knows that her own biological family is out there, and with Katie at her side she heads for Manhattan, where she establishes a connection with the raucous, spirited Lawrences. As Ellie and Rachel make their way through unfamiliar landscapes, they face life-altering challenges and grapple with a crucial question: Will their old conventions and desires give way to new customs and yearnings? With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, it takes the love of two families for Rachel and Ellie to discover their own paths to fulfillment and happiness.

The Brides of Lancaster County
The Brides of Lancaster County

Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter

Publisher: Barbour Fiction

Published: 2021-04

Total Pages: 1152

ISBN-13: 9781643527932

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Enjoy the bestselling Brides of Lancaster County series of four novels all under one cover. Follow four young women as they explore their places in the world--while finding love in the process.

Poems Plain & Fancy
Poems Plain & Fancy

Author: Dick Higgins

Publisher: Station Hill

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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Poetry. "Any number of people may read this book. They do so by being cheerful in advance; if they aren't they get that way as they read. These collected poems illustrate a cheerful (and scholarly) collected life"--John Cage.

The Design of Childhood
The Design of Childhood

Author: Alexandra Lange

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1632866374

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From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development. Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good child-rearing--and what does not. Do you choose wooden toys, or plastic, or, increasingly, digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can the built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle. Now, prominent design critic Alexandra Lange reveals the surprising histories behind the human-made elements of our children's pint-size landscape. Her fascinating investigation shows how the seemingly innocuous universe of stuff affects kids' behavior, values, and health, often in subtle ways. And she reveals how years of decisions by toymakers, architects, and urban planners have helped--and hindered--American youngsters' journeys toward independence. Seen through Lange's eyes, everything from the sandbox to the street becomes vibrant with buried meaning. The Design of Childhood will change the way you view your children's world--and your own.

Plain and Fancy
Plain and Fancy

Author: Richard Cleveland

Publisher: Quilt Digest Press

Published: 1995-09-01

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 9780844226309

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Here are 45 quilts that tell the story of Vermont and its quiltmakers from the frontier days of the 1700s to the end of World War II.

Plain And Fancy
Plain And Fancy

Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter

Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1630585009

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Is it good for two people--one plain, the other fancy--to fall in love? Laura Meade loves her modern life, yet she fascinated by the Amish culture in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she is studying interior design. Upon their first meeting, she is immediately attracted to Eli Yoder, one of the Plain People, but Laura has no real concept about faith, God's love, and forgiveness of sins. Eli is also enamored with Laura, but to marry outside his faith would be forbidden. What then is the hope for love? Plain and Fancy is book 3 in the Brides of Lancaster County series. Other books in the series include A Merry Heart: Book 1, Looking for a Miracle: Book 2, and The Hope Chest: Book 4.