Originally published in 1951, The Trees Kneel at Christmas is a timeless miracle story, set in Brooklyn. It begins on the night before Christmas Eve in the Shehadi's flat, where Grandmother is telling a story to seven-year-old Afify and Hanna, her five-year-old brother.

Afify and Hanna, like all the children of whom Mrs. Lovelace writes, are completely real. The Trees Kneel at Christmas has all the naturalness and humor of the Betsy-Tacy books, and with something new added. Over this story there lies, like newly-fallen snow, a glowing spiritual quality.

Hardcover, Published by ABDO & Daughters Publishing, Illustrated by Marie-Claude Monchaux, Forward by Merian Lovelace Kirchner 112 pp.

Young Deedee DuGay knew everyone at Fort Snelling in the 1830s. Strong, independent, and quick witted, she lived with her large family in a snug cabin on the fort's military reservation; her older brothers were voyageurs. On an island in the Mississippi, near yet remote, lived Jasper Page, the leading fur trader in the territory. Elegant, compassionate, and fair in his dealings, he was respected by all. And although he was far above her social class, Deedee dared to love him. Their story is a rich and romantic re-creation of an important time in Minnesota's history.

Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the popular Betsy-Tacy books, first published this book in 1929. A new introduction to this reprint edition by Rhoda R. Gilman, describes Lovelace's meticulous research for this novel and compares the fictional Jasper Page to Henry H. Sibley, fur trader and first governor of Minnesota, upon whom the character was based.

Paperback, Published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Publisher out of stock until September 2008.

Maud Hart Lovelace-internationally famed author of the Betsy-Tacy children's books-joined literary forces with her husband, Delos, to produce Gentlemen from England, first published in 1937. It's the fictionalized story of a real nineteenth-century English colony near Fairmont, Minnesota, located not far from Maud Lovelace's hometown of Mankato.

Tales of the immigrant British men and women, striving to re-create English country estates on the Minnesota prairie, intrigues the Lovelace's. The author's thorough research became the basis for this vivid novel of colorful fox hunts, festive balls, and English family life set on the huge bean farms bought from a land speculator.

Paperback, Published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.