Suggested Reading

Longitude
   

   Advanced
   Search

   Our Favorites

   New & Noteworthy

   Forthcoming

   Best of 2009

   Mysteries


   ABOUT US

      The Business

      The People


   SMALL PRINT

      Ordering

      Shipping

      Customer
      Service

      Visiting
 
Get a Catalog
 
   Travel With Longitude

   Join Our Partners

 
SOUTHWEST
For Kids
E-mail this reading guide
Printer-friendly version
E-mail
Print
 
Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp  •  Denise Fleming   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
Chaco Culture National Park, A True Book  •  David Petersen   • ARCHAEOLOGY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A nicely illusrtated fact book for kids ages 7-9 with color photographs. (SWU116, $6.95)
 
 
Desert Days, Desert Nights  •  Roxie Munro   • NATURAL HISTORY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • COMING IN APRIL  •  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)
 
 
Here Is the Southwestern Desert  •  Anne Coe  •  Madeleine Dunphy   • FIELD GUIDE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
North American Desert Life Coloring Book  •  Ruth Soffer   • NATURAL HISTORY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
Old Father Story Teller  •  Pablita Velarde   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A collection of six Tewa Indian legends from a famous Native American artist, written down and illustrated for very young children. (USW317, $24.95)
 
 
The Butterfly Dance  •  Gerald Dawavendawa   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean  •  Alexander McCall Smith  •  Laura Rankin   • MYSTERY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
The Desert is Theirs  •  Byrd Baylor  •  Peter Parnall   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
When Clay Sings  •  Bird Baylor   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  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)
 
 
Chaco Canyon  •  Margaret Anderson   • ARCHAEOLOGY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A illustrated account of the archaeology of Chaco in the Digging Into the Past series. (SWU118, $23.95)
 
 
Digging Into Southwest Archaeology  •  Susan E. Goodman  •  Michael Doolittle   • ARCHAEOLOGY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth  •  Neal Layton  •  Nicola Davies   • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
How We Crossed the West  •  Rosalyn Schanzer   • EXPLORATION • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
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)  •  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)
 
 
Sing Down the Moon  •  Scott O'Dell   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
Southwestern Desert Wildlife Nature Activity Book  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Designed to compliment the K-12 curriculum, this entertaining activity book features nature-related games, quizzes and classroom activities. (USW641, $6.95)
 
 
The Higher Power of Lucky  •  Susan Patron   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
Wagons Westward, The Old Trail to Santa Fe  •  Armstrong Sperry   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  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)
 
 
Cowboy Stories  •  Barr Moser   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  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)
 
 
Walker of Time  •  Helen Hughes Vick   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  Two Hopi teens travel back 750 years to their ancestral home, visiting the world of the Sinagua people. (USW160, $13.95)
 
 
 




home map   |   book bag   |   advanced search   |   contact us

 
 
(800) 342-2164   (212) 904-1144      115 West 30th St., Suite 1206    New York, NY 10001    USA

Copyright 2009 Geographica, Inc.
site created by bitflip interactive group
powered by metarhythm