This is a story about the lifecycle of the wonderful mason bee. This educational and entertaining story follows a bee named Mason from his hatching in the spring, to finding a mate, to the end of his lifecycle by dancing away into the sunset. 

The fun illustrations show how eggs are laid in chambers of mud within long holes which helps protect them from predators that are always on the lookout for unprotected cocoons. The story follows the cocoons throughout their cycle over the seasons until they too hatch as mason bees the following spring.  

Filled with amazing and unique facts about mason bees, readers will learn just how marvelous these super pollinators truly are. 

This is the biography of Reverend Lars E. Green, a pioneering pastor who was instrumental in the development of several Norwegian Lutheran churches throughout the Brown County area of southern Minnesota. He left Norway as a young man to pursue his dreams in America, and he succeeded, with a long and benevolent career of untiring devotion to his community.

He and his congregations endured extreme poverty, grasshopper plagues, tornadoes, bandits, blizzards, and unimaginable loss, but through it all, they persevered in their pursuit of the American Dream.

He arrived to southern Minnesota when there was nothing but desolate, open prairie for as far as the eye could see, but within his lifetime, he would witness the marvels of indoor plumbing, electricity, radio, and automobiles.  

He was a beloved minister—a man of deep faith and fortitude whose legacy continues today. 

The author, an adoptee, was inspired to write this book after she discovered an amazing connection to her biological roots. In 2006, she moved her family from Washington state to a tiny town in Minnesota that she had never heard of. Years later, she discovered that town had been settled by her biological family, 125 years prior. She was unknowingly walking in the footsteps of her relatives, including Reverend Green. She highlights this amazing coincidence in the chapter The Journey Home.