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American Indian Games
• Jay Miller
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A look at traditional games played by Native American children for elementary school children, featuring color photographs.
(SWU28, $9.75)
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Animals Count in Grand Canyon National Park
• Donna Love
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Published by the Grand Canyon Association, this delightful counting book stars a myriad of furry, feathered, stealthy, scaly, slithering and slippery creatures of the Grand Canyon and the Desert Southwest.
(SWU469, $9.95)
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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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Mule Train Mail
• Craig Brown
• HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will keep the postman from completeing his rounds -- even if it is Anthony and his team of six mules on the celebrated and very steep trail into the Grand Canyon from the South Rim to Supai.
(SWU468, $7.95)
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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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One Day in the Desert
• Jean Craighead George
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Craighead's slim chapter book, geared for ages 7-9, dramatizes how a mountain lion, roadrunner, coyote, tortoise -- and the people of the Southwest -- cope with a blisteringly hot July day in the Sonoran desert.
(USW611, $4.99)
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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 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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Brighty of the Grand Canyon
• Marguerite Henry
• Wesley Dennis
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Originally published in 1953, this classic is based on the real-life adventures of a much-adored burro who lived at the Grand Canyon from around 1892 to 1922. Written for readers ages 9-12.
(USW330, $5.99)
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Children of Clay, A Family of Pueblo Potters
• Rina Swentzell
• Bill Steen
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A Pueblo family finds, prepares and shapes clay, in this photo-essay on pottery traditions. Part of the "We Are Still Here" series for children 9-12.
(SWU24, $6.95)
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Cliff-Hanger, A Mystery in Mesa Verde National Park
• Gloria Skurzynski
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Jack's mother is investigating a cougar attack at Mesa Verde in this installment of the popular series, co-authored by science and mystery authors.
(USW522, $4.99)
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Exploring the Grand Canyon
• Lynne Foster
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Readers ages 9-12 and their parents can explore the geology, history and wildlife of the Grand Canyon in this engaging, illustrated introduction and activity book.
(SWU03, $15.95)
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Grand Canyon, Tail of the Scorpion
• Mike Graf
• MYSTERY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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In the Grand Canyon, the Parkers hike rim to rim, encountering scorpions, soaring temperatures, and the beauty and natural wonder of the Grand Canyon. Each book in this series teaches kids about the flora, fauna, history, and environment of the park through an adventure story. Second in the series.
(SWU288, $9.95)
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Hoover Dam, A Wonders of the World Book
• Elizabeth Mann
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An illustrated overview of the engineering, construction, and social history of the Hoover Dam.
(USW545, $9.95)
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In Search of the Grand Canyon
• Mary Ann Fraser
• EXPLORATION
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An account of John Wesley Powell's expedition down the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869, written for readers ages 9-12. With drawings and photographs.
(USW329, $12.95)
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Kinaalda, A Navajo Girl Grows Up
• Monty Roessel
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This children's book follows Celinda McKelvey, a 13-year-old Navajo girl, as she performs and celebrates Kinaalda, a traditional Navajo rite-of-passage ceremony. An informative guide for middle school children, with color photographs.
(SWU23, $6.95)
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Meet the Wild Southwest: Land of Hoodoos and Gila Monsters
• Susan J. Tweit
• Joyce Bergen
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This lively, artfully illustrated compendium of facts and trivia on geology, climate, plants, animals, birds and bugs, geared for readers 9-12, is a great introduction to the natural history of the Southwest for the whole family.
(SWU06, $14.95)
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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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Songs from the Loom, A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
• Monty Roessel
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An introduction to Navajo weaving for children 9-12 and presented in the form of a photographic essay depicting the author's daughter learning the traditions of her ancestors.
(SWU22, $8.95)
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The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde
• Caroline Arnold
• Richard Hewett
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Caroline Arnold recaps what we know about the Anasazi -- and what we don't know -- in this informative reference for kids. With color photographs, this glimpse into the work of an archaeologist is geared for readers aged 9-12.
(SWU105, $7.95)
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Code Talker, A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
• Joseph Bruchac
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Ned Begay, a Navajo code talker who joined the U.S. Marines in World War II as a 16-year-old, tells his life story to his grandchildren in this touching, well-researched young adult novel.
(USA354, $7.99)
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Downriver
• Will Hobbs
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Ditching an outdoor survival program for troubled youth, eight teens embark on an unsupervised journey along the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. A fast-paced story full of mishaps and near disatsers.
(USW328, $6.99)
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Unsung Heroes of World War II, The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers
• Deanne Durrett
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Weaving Navajo history and culture, battlefield accounts and archival photos, Durrett reveals the remarkable individuals behind the only battlefield code that Japan never deciphered.
(WAR133, $14.95)
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Ancient Pueblo, Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of America's Past
• Anita Croy
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• FAMILY
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A captivating, illustrated overview of the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mogollon peoples of the four corner region for ages 10 and u. With hundreds of color photographs, maps, glossary and interviews, it's an excellent introduction to archaeology for the whole family.
(SWU290, $17.95)
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