Amos and Susie

by Merle Good

Rhymed couplets follow two Amish children through the 12 months of the year in Amos and Susie: An Amish Story. Children will love to follow the activities of the two youngsters through the colorful pages of this charming book--ice skating on a frozen winter pond, visiting a new baby, canning peaches in the summer, baling hay, and going to school.

Genres: Amish

24 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1969

About the author

Merle Good is writer, dramatist, and publisher from Lancaster, PA. His books have sold nearly a million copies. His Op-Ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Academy-Award-winning actress Geraldine Page starred in the movie (Hazel's People), based on Good's first novel, Happy as the Grass Was Green. His play, The Preacher and the Shrink, opened Off-Broadway in New York in 2013. As Publisher of Good Books (1979-2013), Good oversaw the acquisition, publication, and marketing of more than 1,000 different books by more than one hundred different authors. Three Good Books titles became #1 New York Times bestsellers. Good is currently at work on a new novel and on two new plays.