Lisa Tawn Bergren

Elsa Anders's dream of marrying Peder Ramstad is about to come true. But as this independent, strong-willed woman discovers her own creative gifts--a love for travel, painting, and the sea--can she find happiness with a captain who insists upon leaving her safely on shore? Leaving their home in Norway behind, Elsa and Peder embark on a new life in with their closest friends, including: Kaatje Jansen, a woman seeking a new beginning for the sake of...

Mama polar bear tells Little Cub that her birth was a gift from God.

Explores the ways parents show affection to their children, and how they mirror God's love.

Gabriella and Evangelia Betarrini are just two normal American teenagers. Normal except for the fact that they time travel to fourteenth-century Italy, where they've lived in castles they've seen as crumbling ruins, become swept up in historic battles, and fallen in love with handsome knights willing to do anything to keep them alive. They've returned to the present to save their father, just short of his tragic death, and now all four return to the...

Certains Liens Ne Peuvent Être Rompus... Dans leurs nouvelles vies en Amérique, Tora, Elsa, Kaatje et Karl doivent tous faire face à une tragédie personnelle qui menace de briser tous les rêves qu'ils avaient échafaudés avant de quitter la Norvège. Les multiples mensonges inventés par Tora lui ont coûté un avenir prometteur et l'homme qu'elle aime. Lorsque la tragédie frappe, Elsa doit s'accrocher à sa foi et trouver en elle toute la...

"Adventurous Lil Pup is bummed that hibernating season will soon be coming to the Great North Woods. Why should so many of his friends have to go in for the winter and leave Lil Pup without pals? Mama reminds her little wolf that not all animals hibernate, and how he can be grateful for the beautiful autumn season - for jumping in leaf piles, eating apple treats, and celebrating the wonders of fall with his forest friends"-- Provided by publisher....

Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Bentarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives with their parents, famed Etruscan scholars, among the romantic hills. Stuck among the rubble of medieval castles in rural Tuscany on yet another hot, dusty archaeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds-- until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And...

Mama Bear tells Little Cub about all the different kinds of bears, and that God created this planet to be their home, Grampa Bear tells her about God's love and why she should be loving to others, and her father explains that God created heaven out of love.