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Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp
• Denise Fleming
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Sent off to Cowboy Camp, the lonely pooch is nervous at first, but his worries disappear as he paints, plays ball, and helps with the campfire. Fleming's intensely hued pulp-painting illustrations display Buster's transformation from house dog to cowpoke in all its humorous detail.
(USW599, $16.95)
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Chaco Culture National Park, A True Book
• David Petersen
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A nicely illusrtated fact book for kids ages 7-9 with color photographs.
(SWU116, $6.95)
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Desert Days, Desert Nights
• Roxie Munro
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
• COMING IN APRIL
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From the desert spiny lizard to the greater roadrunner, this survey examines the diverse plants, mammals, birds and reptiles that make their homes in the arid southwest. For ages 5-7.
(USW640, $17.95)
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Here Is the Southwestern Desert
• Anne Coe
• Madeleine Dunphy
• FIELD GUIDE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A poem celebrating the Sonoran desert's biodiversity accompanied by lovely paintings of its flora and fauna. From the Web of Life series.
(SWU252, $9.95)
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North American Desert Life Coloring Book
• Ruth Soffer
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Featuring 40 ready-to-color illustrations of the Gila monster, kit fox, prairie dog and other animals, as well as cactus and plants of the desert southwest.
(SWU230, $3.95)
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Old Father Story Teller
• Pablita Velarde
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A collection of six Tewa Indian legends from a famous Native American artist, written down and illustrated for very young children.
(USW317, $24.95)
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The Butterfly Dance
• Gerald Dawavendawa
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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To bring rain to the parched land of the Southwest, a young Hopi girl and her family, part of the "Rabbit Clan," perform the "Butterfly Dance." This tale depicts the characters as animals in wonderful illustrations.
(SWU25, $14.95)
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The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
• Alexander McCall Smith
• Laura Rankin
• MYSTERY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Nine-year-old sleuth Harriet Bean sets off to solve the mystery of her missing-in-action Wild West aunt Formica, in this book for ages 4 to 8 by the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
(USW477, $9.95)
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The Desert is Theirs
• Byrd Baylor
• Peter Parnall
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Baylor sweetly conjures the desert and its residents, both human and animal, in verse in this Caldecott Honor Book for younger readers, featuring large, evocative watercolor paintings.
(SWU106, $7.99)
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When Clay Sings
• Bird Baylor
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Bird Baylor's book, first published in 1972, endures as a remarkable evocation of the southwestern landscape and its ancient inhabitants. Tom Bahti illustrated; ages 4-8.
(SWU103, $6.99)
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Chaco Canyon
• Margaret Anderson
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A illustrated account of the archaeology of Chaco in the Digging Into the Past series.
(SWU118, $23.95)
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Digging Into Southwest Archaeology
• Susan E. Goodman
• Michael Doolittle
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This illustrated book documents a field trip to Crow Canyon, where the class digs and learns about the environment and the Pueblo people.
(SWU114, $14.99)
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Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth
• Neal Layton
• Nicola Davies
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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From Antarctica's emperor penguins to the bacteria inside bubbling volcanoes, animals have adapted and survived in conditions that would quickly kill a human. Discover how they do it in this colorful, illustrated primer for ages 8-12.
(NAT183, $7.99)
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How We Crossed the West
• Rosalyn Schanzer
• EXPLORATION
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The adventures of Lewis and Clark are recast for ages 6-10 in this National Geographic picture book depicting the explorers and the people, wildlife and landscapes they encountered.
(PNW40, $18.00)
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Navajo Long Walk, The Tragic Story of a Proud People's Forced March from Their Homeland
• Shonto Begay
• Joseph Bruchac
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A shameful chapter of American policy, the Navajos' forced relocation in the 1860s, is introduced to a new generation of readers in this handsomely illustrated history. Ages 9-12.
(SWU131, $18.95)
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Sing Down the Moon
• Scott O'Dell
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The historical novel of 14-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird, who are captured from Canyon de Chelly by Spanish slavers. For readers ages 9-12, this book received the Newbery Honor Award.
(USW162, $6.99)
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Southwestern Desert Wildlife Nature Activity Book
• James Kavanagh
• FIELD GUIDE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Designed to compliment the K-12 curriculum, this entertaining activity book features nature-related games, quizzes and classroom activities.
(USW641, $6.95)
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The Higher Power of Lucky
• Susan Patron
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The orphaned 10-year-old Lucky and her dog, HMS Beagle, make their way in Hard Pan, California (population 43) in this 2007 Newbery Medal-winning novel for ages 9-12. Among the pleasures of this intricate novel 0(with winning small town characters) is the desert southwest setting.
(FRN737, $16.95)
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Wagons Westward, The Old Trail to Santa Fe
• Armstrong Sperry
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Sperry's classic, Newbery Award-winning novel depicts the Western settler's movement through the eyes of 15-year-old Jonathan Starbuck.
(SWU259, $14.95)
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Cowboy Stories
• Barr Moser
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Twenty action-packed tales of cattle drives, gunfights, ranching and survival. With excerpts from classic novels (Shane, The Virginian), new short fiction, stories from real-life cowboys and black-and-white illustrations, this collection is enjoyable for young adults and for the whole family.
(USW533, $16.95)
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Walker of Time
• Helen Hughes Vick
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Two Hopi teens travel back 750 years to their ancestral home, visiting the world of the Sinagua people.
(USW160, $13.95)
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