A New Home for Lily (22 page)
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Authors: Mary Ann Kinsinger,Suzanne Woods Fisher
Tags: #JUV033010, #Amish—Juvenile fiction, #Amish—Fiction, #Moving--Household—Fiction, #Family life—Pennsylvania—Fiction, #Schools—Fiction, #Friendship—Fiction, #Pennsylvania—Fiction
Are there different kinds of Amish?
Yes! There are over 1,900 Amish church districts. Each one has its own style of clothing, buggies, occupations, and rules about technology.
Do the church districts share anything in common?
Most Amish groups share core values and common practices: use of horse and buggy for local transportation, rejection of electricity from public utility lines, prohibition against televisions and computers, some type of distinctive dress, beards for men, ending of formal education at the eighth grade, meeting in homes for worship every other Sunday, lay religious leaders, and living in rural areas.
Are all Amish farmers?
No. In the past, they were all farmers. But today, like Lily's father who hired out as a carpenter, many Amish support their families by working in small shops, businesses, carpentry, construction, retail stores, or
roadside stands. Others work for “English-owned” factories, restaurants, and shops. Farming is important to the Amish, though, and most every Amish family has plenty of space for a big garden.
Where do the Amish live?
They live in twenty-eight states and the Canadian province of Ontario. About two-thirds live in three states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.
Lily reads a magazine called
Family Life
. Is there really such a magazine?
Yes, and you can subscribe too. The Amish publishing house, Pathway Publishers, publishes three magazines:
Family Life
,
Young Companion
, and
Blackboard Bulletin
. The most popular of these three is
Family Life
, designed for adults and families. It contains articles on Christian living, parenting, and homemaking. It also contains editorials, letters from readers, medical advice, poems, recipes, and children's stories.
Young Companion
is targeted to teens and children. It contains stories with Christian messagesâincluding lesson stories, adventure stories, and Amish romance.
Blackboard Bulletin
is designed for Amish schoolteachers but is also helpful for homeschooling parents. For more information, check out the website:
www.pathway-publishers.com
or write to:
Pathway Publishers
258ON â 250W
LaGrange, IN 46761
Mary Ann Kinsinger
was raised Old Order Amish in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. She met and married her husband, whom she knew from school days, and started a family. After they chose to leave the Amish church, Mary Ann began a blog,
A Joyful Chaos
, as a way to capture her warm memories of her childhood for her own children. From the start, this blog found a ready audience and even captured the attention of key media players, such as the influential blog
AmishAmerica
and the
New York Times
. She lives in Pennsylvania.
Suzanne Woods Fisher
's grandfather was one of eleven children, raised Old Order German Baptist, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Suzanne has many, many,
many
wonderful Plain relatives. She has written bestselling fiction and nonfiction books about the Amish and couldn't be happier to share Mary Ann's stories with children. When Suzanne isn't writing, she is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. She lives in California with her husband and children, and Tess and Toffee, her big white dogs.
Books by Mary Ann Kinsinger and Suzanne Woods Fisher
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Life with Lily
A New Home for Lily
Books by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World
Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life
Amish Values for Your Family: What We Can Learn from the Simple Life
L
ANCASTER
C
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S
ECRETS
The Choice
The Waiting
The Search
S
EASONS
OF
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TONEY
R
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The Keeper
The Haven
The Lesson
A Lancaster County Christmas
