Ammon, Richard

An Amish girl describes a year in her life and the activities that fill it, from early spring through the following winter.

"An Amish Christmas" combines an informative text by Richard Ammon with illutrations by Pamela Patrick. The text is the first-person narration of an Amish boy who tells about his life and the way his family celebrates Christmas.

Some Amish children celebrate Christmas in their one-room schoolhouse and in their own simple ways with their family and relatives.

Focuses on the homes, work, and schooling of a Pennsylvania Dutch community to depict the Amish way of life.

A young narrator tells of the many activities in her Amish home leading up to her sister Anna's wedding.

An Amish boy cares for the horses that work on his family's farm.

An Amish girl describes a year in her life and the activities that fill it, from early spring through the following winter.

A history of chocolate, a discussion of the processing of cacao into chocolate products, recipes, suggestions for related places to visit, and chocolate lore, jokes, and poems.