Books with title Ellie

Handpicked by Amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading.The zoo is closing!Ellie and her friends want to save their home, but Ellie's just a baby elephant, and she doesn't know what she can do to help.While the other animals are busy working, Ellie finds a brush and some paints, and gives the zoo a big splash of color! Will her bright new talent be enough to keep the zoo's gates open for good?

<p>Ellie Maust, an Old Order Amish girl growing up in the early 1900s, wishes she could wear bright dresses like her English friend, Missy, and face cream and perfume like their fancy Amish hired girl, Susie Glick.</p><p>As Ellie helps to care for the new babies in her family, milks cows, and learns to can and garden, she strains against her father&rsquo;s strict ideas and wonders what her future will hold. Along the way, she has adventures, including a sleepover at her English friend&rsquo;s house and a runaway buggy ride.</p><p>When Ellie&rsquo;s family moves to a new farm, she must take on even more chores and responsibility for her younger siblings. But attending Sunday night singings with the young people in her community and beginning a courtship with kind, gentle David Eash fill Ellie&rsquo;s days with contentment.</p><p>When tragedy strikes her family, Ellie must find a way to go on. Finding comfort in her Amish faith and her community, Ellie blossoms into a young woman who dedicates her future plans to God.</p><p><strong>Book 1 of the Ellie&rsquo;s People: An Amish Family Saga series. </strong></p><p>The nine books of the Ellie&rsquo;s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for today&rsquo;s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events in her Amish childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder&rsquo;s Little House on the Prairie series will love learning to know spunky Ellie and her friends and family.</p><p><strong>What’s new in the Ellie’s People series:</strong></p><ul><li>Pennsylvania Dutch glossary at the end of each book</li><li>A sample chapter from the next book in the series</li><li>Language and examples updated for today’s readers</li></ul></p>

One morning in 1930, twelve-year-old Ellie Mae Williamswakes to discover that her father has lost his job. Elliedoesn't want her friends to know of her father'sunemployment, but it soon becomes common knowledge as herfamily plunges into financial hardship during the Great Depression.The family must cut the extras out of their life and do odd jobs tomake money. Ellie quits her piano lessons, her mother takes inwashing, and her father raises chickens.During the summer, Ellie goes swimming with her friends, helps herparents around the house, and tries to adjust to a lifestyle borderingon poverty. When she receives a mysterious letter postmarked fromChicago with no return address, Ellie is surprised to find only asheet of music inside. She plays the piece and soon receivesanother letter encouraging her to continue practicing her piano.Although the family doesn't have much money for Christmas, thereare presents for the children, a delicious roast chicken, and a realChristmas tree. Ellie still continues to practice her piano, and whenthe new year dawns, she receives another package from Chicagocontaining more music. Will Ellie discover the sender's identity orwill it remain a mystery?