Lizzie

Buggy Spoke #1

by Linda Byer

Lizzy was not really surprised one morning when Mam said she wanted to talk to her and Emma in the kitchen. She was baking chocolate chip cookies, and chopping walnuts into tiny pieces as she talked...

Based on actual happenings, the involving story of a 5-year-old Amish girl unfolds in the gentle hills of Pennsylvania. She lives there with her Dat, Man, sisters and their small white kitten. Travel with young Lizzie in her childhood journeys as you peek into the everyday realities of being an Amish girl!

Genres: Amish

281 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the first several chapters. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it: the reader dives right in with the main character’s serious concerns about a cat (what if it gets run over by a car or drowns or gets sucked into machinery). It was a little intense. But as I continued, this ended up being just a first look at Lizzie’s anxieties, and it’s nice to see that depicted, it just took me by surprise at first.

After the issues with the cat are under our belt, things settle down a bit and the reader starts getting a sense of the sibling friction between Emma and Lizzie and their younger sister. Things look like they move on at a good pace from there.

The illustrations are friendly.

(As far as not finishing, it was me, not the book.)

[J. E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple story of people who live a very simple life without the hassles of social media and modern technology. Definitely reminds me of Little House on the Prairie and Anne of Green Gables, but set in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Amish community is close-knit and known for shunning modern ways. It makes for a childhood filled with playing outdoors, learning about horses and cows, walking to school and helping with chores - sounds better than fretting about who has said something about you online or whether your parents can afford the newest Nikes! A nice read while off work with a yucky virus!!

[Jim Potter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Amish Lizzie, a children’s novel by Linda Byler, is a fascinating book for readers of all ages.
I really enjoyed five-year-old Lizzie’s perspective of two world’s—both the English and the Amish.
In Byler’s storytelling, I also appreciate that Lizzie isn’t perfect—she’s human.
Jim Potter—author of Deputy Jennings Meets the Amish

[Abigail Martin]

Nostalgia made me do it

[Makenzie Mast · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was given these books as a gift from my Grandma (who is Amish). They were decent, but when you put them up against Little House, they were sub-par. Lizzie's anxiety was something that just seemed weird. Like she was freaking out over something stupid for one chapter and then after that she seems pretty adventurous.