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 Rainy Days In
Texas Funbook
by Wallace O. Chariton
160 pages, 8.5 x 11
in.
Paperback....
130-4.... $ 7.95
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 Ranch
written and illustrated by Roxie Munro
A counting finding
book about a working cattle ranch in the American West. Exquistely
illustrated with pen and ink and watercolor.
36 pages, 10 x 10
in., age 3-7
Hardback.... 137-8.... $16.95 with dustjacket
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 Reel Cowboys
by Bill O'Neal
The author grew up in
Corsicana, Texas, a community with five theaters. His favorites were the
"shoot 'em ups," the cowboy movies where the tickets for kids
were two-for-one at Saturday double features.Children watched Western
actors battle outlaws-there were fistfights and shootouts and galloping
horseback chases-where good always triumphed over evil! The author
traverses the sawdust trail of nostalgia with profiles of Hollywood
heroes-true Americana.
80 pages, 7 x 10
in., photographs, ages 10-13
Hardback.... 330-5.... $16.95
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 Ricardo Walks
the River Walk
by Judith Martelli
Fifty color
photographs of the world famous San Antonio River Walk give the visitor a
bright and colorful tour of the heart of San Antonio. Ricardo is the tour
guide.
32 pages, 8.5 x
11in., 50+ color plates, Grades4-5, all ages
Hardback.... 224-4.... $14.95
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 Sarita Be Brave
Sara was born in
Texas but when she was "Sarita," little Sara, her father took
the family back to Honduras where he had grown up. But when the country broke
out into civil war, they begin the long journey back to Texas. On the way
down the mountain, they are confronted by armed bandits, and Sara, who
learned early how to use guns, has to shoot one in the shoulder to
protect the family. Back in Texas Sara is faced with new
problems-learning English, and coping with new customs and new friends.
But she overcomes and rather than "Ai de Mi! "It is "I
passed the test!"
144 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., reading level 4.5 Paperback.... 184-1.... $14.95
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 Secret of Little
Creek Farm
By Jacqueline Stem
Legends of bank and
train robbers and buried gold are indeed legend, Children's author
Jacqueline Stem has used the stories of Sam Bass, who met his destiny at
Round Rock, Texas for her eye-popping mystery for young readers. As the
song says, "Sam Bass was born in Indiana…" Little Creek farm is
patterned after her family farm and the legend of buried gold which
Joanna and Sally discover. The problem is that one of the robber's
descendants found it also! At the end of the fictional narrative is a
brief biography of Sam Bass. This mystery is a sequel to the author's
popular: The Cellar in the Woods.
36 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., illustrations, glossary Hardback.... 293-7.... $14.95
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 Seeing-Stars
McDonald Observatory and its Astronomers
by Mark Mitchell
A visit with the
astronomers of McDonald Observatory- searching for the secrets of the
universe at the observatory in the Davis mountains near Big Bend National
Park.
128 pages, 6 x 9
in., illustrations & photos, glossary, bibliography, guide to Texas
planetariums, reading level 7
Hardback.... 117-5.... $17.95
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 Soaring Eagle
by Mary Peace Finley
Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award
Soaring Eagle is a
survival adventure story of blond, green-eyed Julio Montoya on the Santa
Fe Trail in 1845, a journey fraught with grief, loneliness, disease, and
death. Julio's search for identity leads him away from his Mexican family
in Taos into the Cheyenne culture and beyond.
176 pages, 5.5 x
8.5 in., reading level 5-7
Paperback.... 281-3.... $8.95
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 Shipwrecked on
Padre Island
written by Isabel R. Marvin illustrated by Lyle L. Miller
In the spring of
1554, a deadly storm ran three Spanish ships aground on Padre Island off the
southern Texas coast. Thirteen-year old Catalina and her father spend
frightening days on the island with other survivors. Fast forward to the
present and a teenage visitor to Padre Island finds Catalina's lost
bracelet-forging a link between two girls separated by 400 years.
160 pages, 6 x 9
in., age 9 up, AR,TEKS Paperback.... 717-5.... $ 6.95
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 Tame the Wild
Stallion
by Jeanne Williams, illustrated by Walle Conoly
A Texas boy spends a
year in captivity on a Mexican hacienda where he learns respect and
affection for the Mexican culture and gains an understanding of what
freedom really means. "A fast-moving adventure story…" Dallas
Morning News.
190 pages, 6 x 9
in., illustrations
Hardback.... 002-3.... $14.95
Paperback.... 009-0.... $ 8.95
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 Texas Almanac,
2006-2007
Sesquicentenial Edition
Distributed for The
Dallas Morning News
672 pages, 6 x 9
in., photos, maps, index
Hardback:.... 134-3.... $22.95
Paperback:.... 135-1.... $15.95
Teacher's Guide:.... 136-X.... $ 9.95
(Note: current edition will be shipped)
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 Terror from the
Gulf: A Hurricane in Galveston
by Martha Tannery Jones
Charlie Byrd
overcomes his personal demons-blaming the sea for his father's death in a
boating accident-hot-tempered and dreading the water, he fears a stranger
watching his home. Huddling with his family during the storm, Charlie and
family cling to wreckage-he braves the swift current to save an infant in
its cradle and rides out the storm with the baby in a tree. Many details
in this book are based on real-life incidents. Twelve photographs of the
aftermath courtesy of the Rosenberg Library, Galveston. A chapter is
devoted to the remarkable "Rebuilding of Galveston."
134 pages, 6 in. x
9 in., photographs, age 9 up Paperback.... 721-3.... $17.95
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