by Sarah Purdy | Mar 15, 2022 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
A new biography for middle schoolers hit the shelves this Women’s History Month: My Name Is Dixie: Designer of the Iowa Flag, written by T. E. Waldmann-Williams, Ph.D., and illustrated by Cindy Gordon. As the title suggests, the book chronicles the life of Dixie...
by Sarah Purdy | Mar 9, 2022 | Children's Books, Our Books
by T. E. Waldmann-Williams Hello, my name is Dixie. Who are you? Any life can be amazing, and you’re about to read the story of someone very special: Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, designer of the Iowa flag! In May 1917, Dixie’s design was chosen for Iowa’s flag. She was...
by Sarah Purdy | Mar 8, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Merlin Bylsma “Oh, I’m just a nobody…” How many times have you heard someone call themselves a nobody? Or have you said that about yourself? What does it mean when people discount themselves this way? Is it really a bad thing to be a nobody? In Nobodies in a...
by Sarah Purdy | Jan 7, 2022 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
This winter, Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons is celebrating the publication of her eighth book and first novel, Unfailing Love. Based on a true story, Unfailing Love centers on Kalena, a small-town Iowa girl born in the early sixties. The book chronicles Kalena’s life...
by Sarah Purdy | Nov 23, 2021 | Novels, Our Books
by Karen Fitzsimmons Based on a true story, Unfailing Love chronicles the life of Kalena, a young girl who struggles with fear, doubt, and bullies. As she grows into a woman, she faces bad relationships, a broken heart, and the deaths of loved ones. Kalena vows that...
