The Little Amish Matchmaker: A Christmas Romance

By Linda Byler

Simon can’t stop thinking about the pretty Amish teacher at the local one-room school. But he’s ignored the sparks between them because he’s so shy.

So Simon’s little brother, Isaac, takes matters into his own hands. He’s determined to give his brother the best Christmas present ever—a date with his favorite teacher.

Amish novelist Linda Byler brings her tender humor and skillful observation of family relationships to this holiday story. “I love Isaac’s self-confidence and scheming as he prods his reluctant older brother,” she says knowingly about her characters.

Byler takes her reader straight into the Amish world as Isaac is both charmed and annoyed by his too talkative, but quite bright, Mam. He can barely tolerate his little nieces and nephews, who substantially outnumber the grown-ups when the whole family gets together. And he loves his humble, circumspect Dat, although his father isn’t always pleased by how well Isaac sweeps the forebay in the barn.

As anticipation for the Christmas program at the schoolhouse builds, Isaac cares for troubled Ruthie who stutters miserably when she practices her poem. And he wonders how much he’ll have to help his brother Sim act on his growing affection for Teacher Catherine! 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Books
• Release date: Sep 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781453275931

Linda Byler

Linda Byler grew up Amish and is an active member of the Amish church today. She is the author of five bestselling fiction series, all set in the Amish world: Hester Takes Charge, Lancaster Burning, Sadie’s Montana, Lizzie Searches for Love, and The Dakota Series. In addition, Byler has written five Christmas romances: The Little Amish Matchmaker, The Christmas Visitor, Mary’s Christmas Good-Bye, Becky Meets Her Match, A Dog for Christmas, and A Horse for Elsie. Linda is also well known within the Amish community as a columnist for a weekly Amish newspaper.

Reviews for The Little Amish Matchmaker

[rhonda1111 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Little Amish Matchmaker by Linda Byler 4 STARSThe Little Amish Matchmaker is charming. Isaac is still in school and he notices that his older brother Simon likes his teacher Catherine but he is too shy to asks Teacher Catherine for a date. So he tries to help him.Isaac is a smart teen he notices a lot of things around him and tries to help in a lot of ways. Isaac also notices what he should not be saying him and teaches alot inside his head about Pride, worldly things and what he should do.I really like Isaac and how he goes to his friends to reach out and help a girl Ruthie who stutters all of a sudden. They give up thier recesses to help her for the Christmasprogram. He finds out why all of a sudden she is stuttering and let her know thatshe was okay and not worry about people judgeing her because her mom had problems.It makes me want to be better at seeing a need and reach out to help and not judge others because they were different or family member different.Isaac sees his teacher at different places and lets his brother know where she is. Simon then heads over and talks to Teacher catherine. But Simon still won't ask her out.Another thing I liked about the story it showed a lot about the different foods they serve. I want to go and look up some of the reciepes.This story also tells a bit about the different Amish families some are stricter and others are more lax but they don't stop being friends. They respect what their families rules.Also tells a lot about the different ways they cope without electricity. You can see a difference that Linda Byler being and living as a Amish writer brings to her books.I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley. I have enjoyed reading Linda Byler's books.Publisher: Good Books (September 4, 2012) Open Road Media 195 pages

[thornton37814 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This story, written by an Amish woman, tells the story of the schoolteacher through the eyes of Isaac, the younger brother of Simon, who has a crush on her. Readers are given a rather choppy narrative, written at a very low reading level. This book was in the adult section of our library, but the narrative is written more at a third or fourth grade level with a smattering of Pennsylvania Dutch words which makes it a bit more advanced. If the book had not been so short, I would have abandoned it.