by Rick Birkenholtz It’s 1939 and Europe is at war. Rural Iowa may seem far removed from the danger, but Rebecca VanderVelden will soon learn that is not the case. Rebecca and her father operate a small, struggling trucking company in Iowa City. Due to the recent...
by Barb and Dave Else A love for Iowa's small rural schools set Barb and Dave Else on a journey to find the lost high school buildings that are no longer being used for education. In the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early 1900s, the Iowa...
by Jean Saxton Jean Saxton has always loved writing, but she didn’t turn seriously to poetry until she received a surprising gift from a friend—a book of haikus. Though Jean’s three-lined poems aren’t traditional haikus, they provide the perfect form to encapsulate...
by Rhonda Patzia Mindfully Unraveling: Body Awareness as I Slip Away testifies to Rhonda Patzia's efforts at body awareness. Facing multiple sclerosis boldly and directly, Patzia explores her kinship with women and reconnects with her vocation as a photographer. This...
by Jean Saxton Part memoir, part antiquing guide, in this book author Jean Saxton shares insights and memories from her 13 years as a shop owner, 33 years as an antiques dealer, and many more as an avid antiquing enthusiast. This book is for readers looking to start...
by Tricia Ballenger In If You Go to Tulip Time, author Tricia Ballenger shares the beauty, history, and excitement of Pella’s annual Tulip Time festival through the eyes of a child. Skillfully interwoven with educational details, young and old will delight in the...
by Lee Joanne Collins On July 21, 1969, Mattie McEnroe Connors watches a man walk on the moon for the first time, and is moved to reveal her own story—who better to receive it than the enigmatic, long-awaited guest in her living room? Mattie unfolds a tale that is...
by Renae B. Vander Schaaf Exploring the unique history behind the founding of Orange City by settlers from Pella, this book aims to share the story with young people. It follows thirteen-year-old Elsje Van Der Zuiden as she faces the possibility of moving away from...
by Michael Van Natta The 2012 Write Place Book Contest winner is a thrilling novel about a doctor wrongly accused of murdering her patients and a disabled construction worker's fight for justice. Fugitive Dr. Maria Sanchez-Kline, wrongly accused of murder, flees into...
by Jaren Hailey Peace and laughter—two of the most beneficial forces on this earth! Jaren has carefully selected each and every poem she feels will bring positive contributions to our too many moments of sorrow and stress. The shocking merits of an electric brother, a...
by Helen Boertje From township to township, When One Room Fit All is a complete overview of the country schools of Marion County, Iowa. The book pinpoints the location of each school and lists the teachers who taught there. Through excerpts from old newspapers and...
by Sheryl L. Carter Hannah Munroe stumbles through the snow towards a cabin, nearing exhaustion, with no memory of her past—not her name, not why she is wandering alone in the woods in the dead of winter with nothing but the clothes on her back. Within this sanctuary...
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