"Don't be a Wondernose, now—remember you are the man of the house!" said Pop as he went away and left Yonie to take care of the farm. It was hard for seven-year-old Yonie not to be a Wondernose because he wanted to know about everything. But this time, he decided, he would really be a man, because he and Pop had a secret.

The secret was something Pop had promises as soon as Yonie proved he was a man. And the story of how he wins his father's approval and the wonderful reward is pictured and told by Marguerite de Angeli in this colorful picture book about the Amish people.

Ever since her increasingly popular, Henner's Lydia, Mrs. De Angeli has wanted to make another picture book—for youngest readers—about the Pennsylvania Dutch whom she knows so well. For years she has visited Amish homes and sketched the people at work and play, and her pictures and stories about them reflect her understanding of their fine American family tradition.

From the dust jacket