Two friends, Toot and Puddle, live together in Woodcock Pocket. One day, Toot takes off to see the world, while Puddle decides to stay home. This is the story of their wonderful adventures both far away and right at home all year long. It's a story about being yourself and being a good friend.

"Growing up Plain, Rachel Yoder dreamed of being a woman of confidence, like her hearty ancestors. But unlike her fiery great uncle, who suffered shunning for preaching his beliefs, Rachel was said to be "born shy." And after the tragedy of early widowhood, even her young daughter has trouble coaxing Rachel out of her shell. Philip Bradley's arrival at the Orchard Guest House B & B would be called providential by some in the Lancaster Amish community,...

Taken from the introduction : "This volume will focus on the theme of vintage postcards, highlighting certain aspects of North Adams history... Postcards focus on themes and concepts ... The reader should always keep in mind that these are postcard images; their primary objective was not to record history but to advertise a positive image of a locality."

Hudson began in 1699 as a cluster of small industries in the northern part of the town of Marlborough, situated by the swift-flowing Assabet River. Through the years, the industries prospered and the largely immigrant workers began to bring their families to America from overseas. New homes were soon built for these families as stores, churches, and schools sprang up around town. As this factory neighborhood progressed and became self-reliant,

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Three mice "borrow" a postcard which is a reproduction of a painting, and from it they learn about color, pattern, line, and shape. Includes instructions for making and sending a postcard.

Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When she begins to receive a series of mysterious postcards from Danièle, a former participant in the same residency, Camila second-guesses her...

While in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help clean out his recently-deceased grandmother's house, thirteen-year-old Jason finds an old postcard which leads him on an adventure that blends figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past.