Best Selling Books by Elizabeth Yates

A boy in a family of sheep farmers raises a black lamb to be the leader of the flock.

Combines the author''s retelling of two old and familiar Christmas legends: the flowering forest and the barn animals talking at midnight.

A collection of prayers taken from the Old and New Testaments, from St. Augustine and St. Francis, from the Rabbi Gamaliel, Socrates, and Mohammed, from ancient Gaelic runes, the Navajo Indian, and the Breton fisherman--all of these prayers reflect feelings and needs which people have shared through centuries.

Wolves, weather, a black lamb, a trusty dog--all are part of Peter''s life on a mountain farm. His best friend is Benj, a wise old shepherd, and Benj teaches him to care for the sprightly lamb that becomes his own special pet, his cosset. As Biddy grows into her place as leader of the flock, Peter grows too, learning the skills and joys of the shepherd''s life. Book jacket.

First published in 1955, this widely acclaimed novel by Newbery Award-winning author Elizabeth Yates tells the inspiring true story of a young Quaker teacher named Prudence Crandall. The year is 1855, & Prudence Crandall opens a school for African American women in her town of Canterbury, Connecticut. That event creates a firestorm. Accused of defying the laws of God, Prudence Crandall is subjected to trials & imprisonment. But she will not yield in her belief that we are all equal in the eyes of God.

A collection of thirteen tales reveals the magical world of Pixies.

"Each spring for hundreds of years, the herons have returned to Chilham, England, but only now have they become important to Kent. Their departure this fall marks the beginning of a new life for his mother, who has closed her heart to love, and for Kent, who thinks of himself as Nobody".

A visit to Switzerland with their adventurous Uncle Tony brings Michael and Meredith new friends and an introduction to the art of mountain climbing.

Describes the search for and adventures of a young girl lost in a New Hampshire forest in the pioneer days. Based on a true incident.

The traditional folk carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, is a memory game. I used to be called Jolagiafir, and was sung and danced on Twelfth Night. The singers who could sing the song in the right order were to have good luck for the rest of the year.

"Problems of a city girl teaching in a New England village school." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation

This is a story about Willa, a lonely 24-year-old. At age 14, she lost her hearing from noise trauma - a prankster tied a firecracker to her pigtail. The bleak novel describes her isolation and her love of her hearing dog.

Forty years after he was brought from Africa to the U.S., this Negro slave was able to buy his freedom. He spent the rest of his life helping other slaves.