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W.S. Benson
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 Long Before the Pilgrims
Written by Bill O'Neal, Spanish translation by Lynn O'Neal Martinez,
Illustrated by Polsky Morgan
This illustrated chapter
book sets the record straight that more than twenty years before the
Pilgrim's feast, Spanishcolonists shared a celebration with Native
Americans to show their thankfulness for a new homeland Hispanic Texas.
48 pages, 7 x 10
in., bilingual, illustrations, maps
Hardback.... 448-4.... $15.95
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Mayor Jalepeņo Hal
by Jo Harper, illustrated by Vuthy Kuon
Jalapeņo Hal is back
as Mayor of Presidio, and again he saves the town! Full-color picture
book.
32 pages, 8 x 10
in.
Paperback....
793-9.... $ 9.95
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 Mexican Sayings
The Treasure of a People
by Octavio A. Ballesteros and Maria del Carmen Ballesteros
A collection of over
400 sayings in Spanish with English translations. A reference with
humorous sayings,as well as ones about love, philosophy, religion,
advice,and animals.
95 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., bilingual, illustrations Hardback.... 810-X.... $15.95
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 Molasses Cookies
written by Janet kaderli, illustrated by Patricia Arnold
As Erica helps her
grandmother bake her family's traditional molasses cookies, she learns
how her immigrant German ancestors helped settle central Texas in 1845.
The author draws the story from tales told by her husband's pioneer New
Braunfels family. The illustrator is a sixth generation Texan. Teacher's
guide included.
64 pages, 6 in. x
9 in., illustrations, age 6 up
Hardback.... 705-1.... $16.95
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 Muddy Banks
by Ruby C. Tolliver, illustration by Walle Conoly
Bluebonnet List Texas Institute of Letters Best Juvenile Award
The impending Battle of
Sabine Pass threatens a young runaway slave and the woman who has
protected him. "An outstanding telling of an episode in the Civil
War that is often overlooked…readers won't be disappointed."-School
Library Journal.
154 pages, 6 x 9
in., map, illustrations Paperback.... 049-X.... $11.95
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 The Rachel Resistance
by Molly Levite Griffis
If you are not a spy,
saboteur, or traitor and you can keep a secret, fictional fifth-grader
Rachel Dalton will let you read her book. In the fall of 1941, a really
cool radio program called "Captain Midnight" is on the air.
Like kids all over America, Rachel becomes a member of Captain Midnight's
Secret Squadron. Soon she is convinced that there are traitors and spies
in her hometown of Apache, Oklahoma. Resourceful, imaginative, smart, and
dedicated, she sets out to unmask them in a humor-filled adventure.
Hardback....
541-3.... $ 17.95
Paperback.... 553-7.... $ 8.95
Teacher's guide.... 667-3.... $12.95
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 The Mystery of
Y'Barbo's Tunnel
by Martha Tannery Jones illustrated by Donna Loughran
Just as Doug and his
father are planning to set out for a fishing trip, the boy's father
disappears. When it's discovered that money is missing from the bank
where his father works, his father is the likely suspect.
110 pages, 6 in. x
9 in., heavily illustrated, age 9 up, AR
Hardback.... 068-0.... $12.95
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The Feester Filibuster
by Molly Levite Griffis
"Pearl Harbor
got bombed. Rachel thought John Alan did it. He did not." That's how
John Alan Feester sums up what happened in The Rachel Resistance. In The
Feester Filibuster, which tells his side of the story, John Alan shows
he's not a spy at all-even though he does a lot of spying to prove it.
244 pages, 5.5 x
8.25 in., reading level 4-6
Hardback.... 693-2.... $ 18.95
Paperback.... 694-0.... $ 8.95
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 New Medicine
by Jeanne Williams
After the Comanche
defeat at Adobe Walls, young Walker is among the Indians traumatized. He wants
to be a warrior, but his people are being sent to reservations. Through
his friendship with a Fort Sill doctor he learns to comine Comanche and
white "medicine" to help his people.
168 pages, 6 in. x
9 in.
Hardback.... 090-7.... $ 8.95
Paperback.... 093-1.... $ 9.95
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 Raising La Belle
written and illustrated by Mark Mitchell
Under the
mud below twelve feet of water lay La Belle, the prized ship of famous
French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle. In 1995 the ship was
discovered by the Texas Historical commission. Archeologists extracted
the ship and her amazing cargo, over the next year, making headlines
worldwide. La Belle was the last hope of escape from fort St. Louis, a
Texas settlement in trouble. When the ship sank, the fort's inhabitants-including
pirates, misssionaries, and orphans-confronted an unmapped wilderness and
hostile Karankawa Indians. Raising La Belle interweaves highlights of one
of America's most exciting archeological finds with the story of Texas'
lost French colony.
112 pages,
7 in. x 10 in., illustrated, photos, index, rl 5.0
Hardback.... 535-9.... $16.95
Paperback.... 703-3.... $10.95
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 A Peddler's
Dream
by Janice Shefelman, illustration by Tom Shefelman
A Peddler's Dream had
its origin in the tales Janice and Tom Shefelman heard from a neighbor
whose ancestor left Lebanon to find success in the New World. As the
fictionalized hero took shape in Janice's narrative, Tom devised a
setting for him which included a Lebanese mountain village, the hills of
central Texas and a city based on Austin, where Tom and Janice live and
work.
32 pages, 8.5 x 11
in., color illustrations, reading level 3.5
Hardback.... 294-5.... $14.95
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