Lydia

by Marty Rhodes Figley

Lydia loves everything that is purple, but she also loves God, and when she meets Paul and Silas she learns that there is something more important than her beautiful house full of purple things

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

I have fond memories of summer visits to my grandparents in Hannibal, Missouri. Grandma and Grandpa Priests' grocery store featured a candy case chock full of wax lips, licorice sticks and jawbreakers. Grandma and Grandpa Rhodes' farm delighted me with cute, baby calves and garden-fresh corn on the cob. I love to write about ordinary children experiencing exciting events in our country's history. I hope that when young readers finish one of my books they realize that history is much more than facts and dates. It's filled with children's hopes and dreams.