Mary Azarian

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

Presents a descriptive list of all the things required to have a Christmas like the author's grandmother had, including farm animals, stories of Scotland, ice skating in the moonlight, and joining friends, family, and neighbors at church on Christmas Eve.

Miss Bridie emigrates to America in 1856, and chooses to bring a shovel, which proves to be a useful tool throughout her life.

An award-winning heirloom specialist, garden historian, ethnobotanist and writer offers this wood-block illustrated, alphabetical compendium of heirloom flowers and artisanal crafts like distilling and wreath-making to help inspire gardeners to connect with the natural world. Forti celebrates gardening as a craft, and shares the plants, lore, and traditional practices that link us with our environment and each other. Arranged alphabetically from...

Because she's looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals which can be counted around her.

In the summer of 1910, Dossi, a poor Russian immigrant from the tenements of New York, spends two weeks with the Meade family on their Vermont farm, and all their lives are enriched by the experience.