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 The Courage Seed
Written
by Jean Richardson, Illustrated by Pat Finney
A Navajo girl learns
to appreciate her heritage in a multi-cultural school. Fully illustrated.
Navajo beliefs and chants.
76 pages, 6 x
9in., 2 color, reading level 4.9
Hardback.... 902-5.... $14.95
Paperback.... 120-5.... $ 8.95
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 Coyote Tales
Written by Frances Agnes Johnson Illustrated by Jackie Gulledge Zweiger
Coyote wants to bring
color to the desert, but his animal friends like things the way they are.
So Coyote has to rely on Golden Eagle, the West Wind, and Dust Devils to
solve the problem.
32 pages, 8.5 x 11
in., fully illustrated color picture book
Hardback.... 377-1.... $15.95
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 Davy's Dawg
written by Billie L. Matthews and Virginia Hurlbert illustrated by
Kenneth Boyce
In this fresh and
original perspective, Davy Crockett's dog, Rip, gives his account of the
Alamo siege.
64 pages, 6 x
9in., illustrations, age 8 up, AR, TEKS
Paperback.... 702-7.... $ 5.95
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 Dearie Deer,
Wild and Free
by Rita Kerr Rita Kerr authors a story of an orphaned fawn. Bottle fed
and cared for by Davy she romps with a Collie dog.
40 pages, 7 x
10in., illustrations, map, reading level 1-4
Hardback.... 273-2.... $13.95
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 Delfino's
Journey
by Jo Harper An exquisite tale of an Aztec youth who crosses the Rio
Grande with the promise of a new life. A blend of legend, culture and
fate, Harper presents a harsh world with loving and gentle
sensibilities-a masterful story of suspense and triumph. Readers will
empathize with children of another culture as well as improve reading and
language skills.
FREE teacher's
supplement available at www.ttup.ttu.edu.
224 pages, 6 x 9 in.
Hardback.... 437-9.... $15.95
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 Duster
by Frank Roderus, illustrations by Walle Conoly Douglas
"Duster"
Dorwood is nearly sixteen when he sets out from the brush country of
South Texas on his first trail drive, and adventure filled with bandidos
from the south and cattle thieves from the north. "Duster creeps up
on the reader's affections, and the story ends in a violent, gripping
climax."-Publishers Weekly.
266 pages, 6 x 9
in., illustrations, glossary
Paperback.... 095-3.... $10.95
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 Easter Fires
by Dodson Wade
An Easter bunny
legend of frontier days of German immigrants and Comanches in
Fredericksburg, Texas. A picture book.
44 pages, 8.5 x
11in., reading level 3.9
Hardback.... 469-4.... $11.95
Also available on VHS
video!
Video Order Code.... 900-1.... $35.00
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 El Mesquite
by Elena Zamora O'Shea
The story of the
early Spanish settlements between the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers.
El Mesquite is filled with the details of South Texas daily life. A
long-time school teacher, she articulates the Tejano legitimacy in Texas
history.
160 pages, 5.5 x
7.5 in., 18 illustrations
Hardback.... 966-3.... $ 27.95
Paperback.... 108-2.... $15.95
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 Estevan, Walking
Across
America
by Mary Dodson Wade Tells of the slave who crossed the American Southwest
with Cabeza de Vaca but died at Hawikuh scouting a route for Coronado to
find the Seven Cities of Gold.
32 pages, black
& white, grades 2-4
Hardback.... 911-7.... $13.95
Paperback.... 912-5.... $7.95
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 Girl of the
Alamo: The Story of Susanna Dickenson
by Rita Kerr The wife of one of the fallen heroes lived to tell the story
of the fateful "13 days of glory."
64 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in., reading level 5.1
Hardback.... 447-3.... $13.95
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 Gone to Texas:
From Virginia to Adventure
by Louise A. Jackson, illustrated by Jason C. Eckardt A fourteen-year-old
orphan seeks adventure in 1850 Texas.
172 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., glossary, references Paperback.... 775-0.... $12.95
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 The Good Old
Days
Written and illustrated by Rita Kerr The oil boom of the 1920s, the stock
market crash of 1929 , the Great Depression and the thirties drought were
known by those who lived them as the "Good Old Days." This
middle reader novel will help explain how life was when
great-grandparents were young children.
120 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., map, glossary, bibliography, illustrations
Hardback.... 362-3.... $12.95
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