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 The Great Texas
Scare: a Story of the Runaway Scrape
by Martha Tannery Jones, illustrated by Donna Loughran
After the Alamo fell
in 1836 and it seemed Mexico would crush Texas independence, Texans
living along the army's path packed what they could and fled the soldiers
in a panic. "This fictionalized story can stand on its own."
-School Library Journal.
96 pages, 6 in. x
9 in., illustrated, age 9 up Paperback.... 726-4.... $10.95
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 Grumpy Granny's
Book of Good Manners
by Jean Richardson, illustrated by
Nancy Peterson Granny
Grumbles is really a nice grandma who tries to teach children to have
good manners. Full-color picture book.
32 pages, 8.5 x 11
in., reading level 3
Hardback.... 306-2.... $14.95
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 Grumpy Granny's
Book of Kindness
by Jean Richardson, illustrated by Nancy Peterson
Granny Grumbles is
really a nice grandma who is back with more rules to live by. Full-color
picture book.
32 pages, 8.5 x 11
in., reading level 3
Hardback.... 517-0.... $14.95
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 Hector Saves the
Moon
written by Jane Scoggins Bauld, illustrated by Gary Laronde
Hector, the Mexican
free-tailed bat, and his friends were only searching for a dark, quiet
place to sleep. What they didn't relize was that they were saving the
moon! This cleverly illustrated book is focused on the Manhattan
Project-the building and testing of the atomic bomb..
36 pages, 8.5x 11
in., illustrations, grades 4-7 Hardback.... 311-9.... $14.95
Paperback.... 312-7.... $ 7.95
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 Hector's
Escapades: The First Night Out
written by Jane Scoggins Bauld illustrated by Gary Laronde
What a young bat does
on his "first night out." Story of a Mexican Free Tailed bat who
ventures out alone.
36 pages, 8.5x 11
in., illustrations, grades 4-7 Hardback... 185-X... $14.95
Paperback... 244-9... $ 7.95
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 Hector Visits
His Country Cousin
written by Jane Scoggins Bauld illustrated by Gary Laronde
Hector, the Mexican
free-tailed bat, is off on his third adventure-this time to Bracken Cave
to visit Cousin Harvey. The experience provides this city bat with is
first taste of country life-and his first whiff of guano!
36 pages, 8.5x 11
in., illustrations, grades 4-7
Hardback.... 601-0.... $14.95
Paperback.... 676-2.... $ 7.95
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 Hej Texas,
Goodbye Sweden
by Sammye Munson
Carl Olsson arrives
in Texas to face a new culture and language.
128 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., illustrations, glossary, bibliography, ages 9-12
Paperback.... 948-3.... $13.95
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 How the Critters
Created Texas
by Francis Edward Abernathy, Pictures by Ben Sargent
A Texas-size yarn
adapted from a creation story of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians in Texas
in which motely passel of critters produce the land, rivers, etc. Dr.
Abernathy is a professor of English and president of the Texas Folklore
Society. Ben Sargent, a West Texas native, is political cartoonist for
the Austin American Statesman.
40 pages, 8 x
10in., illustrations, reading level 1-4 Paperback.... 001-X.... $14.95
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 I Know an Old
Texan Who Swallowed a Fly
written by Donna D. Cooner illustrated by Ann Hollis Rife
The familiar
cumulative story gets a Texas twist. The read-aloud appeal of its repetitive
text keeps everyone laughing and chanting along. The nonfiction glossary
will help familiarize children with unusual facts about animals and
insects living in Texas.
32 pages, 11 in. x
8.5 in., illustrations, grades 4-7 Paperback.... 714-0.... $12.95
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 I Love You,
Daisy Phew
written by Ruby C. Tolliver illustrated by Joyce Haynes
It's not easy living
in someone's shadow. And 11-ear-old Blake Turner, son of a Texas senator
running for president, doesn't like it one bit.
168 pages, 6 in. x
9 in., illustrations, grades 4-7 Hardback.... 086-9.... $12.95
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 Ima & the
Great Texas Ostrich Race
written by Margaret McManis , illustrated by Bruce Dupree
"A girl win a
horse race? Ima Hogg's brothers don't think so. But Ima is bound and
determined to prove them wrong. And she won't need a horse to do it. Ima
& The Great Texas Ostrich Race is great fun, spiced with authentic
characters from Texas history." -Eric Kimmel, author of Hershel and
the Hanukkah Goblins
32 pages, 8.5 in.
x 11 in., full-color illustrations, rl 2.0
Hardback.... 605-3.... $15.95
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 I'm Going to
Texas / Yo Voy A Tejas
by Mary Dodson Wade
This bilingual
picture book takes a tour of different places in Texas.
32 pages, 8.375 x
9in., full color, grades K-3 Hardback.... 917-6.... $16.95
Paperback.... 918-4.... $ 7.95
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