Frommer's San Francisco Day by Day
• Noelle Salmi
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center.
(SFO29, $12.99) |
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Frommer's with Kids San Francisco
• Noelle Salmi
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 307 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series with a focus on activities suitable for children listed by age. It even includes lists of restaurants with kids' menus and tips from local parents.
(SFO39, $17.99) |
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The Adventures of Jack and Rugby, Best Friends
• Tory Beale
• Cynthia Messer
LITERATURE •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 32 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Set in gorgeous Santa Cruz, this is the first book in the delightful series about the real-life adventures of a poodle and a lab in Northern California. Includes color photographs. Great for families with dogs!
(CAL313, $14.95) |
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The Adventures of Jack and Rugby, The Big Trip
• Tory Beale
• Cynthia Messer
LITERATURE •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
The fourth book about the real-life adventures of a poodle and a lab in Northern California. On a hike by themselves in the California Sierras, the lovable dogs help each other to overcome their fears. Will they get back to the cabin before it gets dark?
(CAL316, $14.95) |
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The Adventures of Jack and Rugby, The Birthday Ball
• Tory Beale
• Cynthia Messer
LITERATURE •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 40 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea, the third book in the delightful series about a real-life poodle and lab in Northern California finds the dogs at a birthday tea. Includes color photographs. Great for families with dogs!
(CAL315, $14.95) |
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The Adventures of Jack and Rugby, The Sleepover
• Tory Beale
• Cynthia Messer
LITERATURE •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 56 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Set in Santa Cruz, this is the second book in the delightful series about the real-life adventures of a poodle and a lab in Northern California. Includes color photographs. Great for families with dogs!
(CAL314, $14.95) |
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This is San Francisco
• Miroslav Sasek
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A classic portrait of San Francisco for children. First published in 1962, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original. The cable cars, Chinatown and other famed attractions are depicted with bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(CAL181, $17.95) |
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Ansel Adams, America's Photographer
• Beverley Gherman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Published in conjunction with the Ansel Adams Trust, this young person's biography of the photographer showcases photos by and of Adams, plus much information on his life and early photography methods. Ages 9-12.
(PHT12, $19.95) |
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John Muir: My Life with Nature
• Joseph Bharat Cornell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 80 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
This introductory biography reads like an autobiography, because the text is all excerpted from Muir's own writings, then put in meaningful order by nature educator Joseph Bharat Cornell. Geared for middle-school students.
(CAL120, $9.95) |
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Stories from Where We Live, The California Coast
• Sara St. Antoine
• Paul Mirocha
• Trudy Nicholson
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
An anthology of writings about coastal California -- wonderfully useful as a young person's guide to people, nature and place. It includes Native American myths, poems and songs, historical accounts and modern short stories, as well as black-and-white drawings and maps. Ages 9 to 14.
(CAL94, $10.95) |
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Ishi, Last of his Tribe
• Theodora Kroeber
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1973 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
• COMING IN
Kids in California inevitably read this book in school, and for good reason. As an elegy for a lost way of life and a lesson in Native American history, it's extremely appealing. Theodora Kroeber relates the life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian to survive the arrival of white settlers in California, who was reputedly starving when a white family discovered him hiding in their slaughterhouse in 1911. He was subsequently "adopted" by the anthropology department of the University of California, where Kroeber debriefed him. For this children's book, she embroidered the story a bit, fleshing out Ishi's youth and putting thoughts in his head, but it still qualifies as a classic true story. Ages 12 and up.
(CAL100, $6.50) |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Scott O'Dell
LITERATURE •
1971 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this is the gripping story of a courageous American Indian girl left abandoned by her tribe on an island off the California coast. Recommended for children ages 12 and up, Karana's struggle to survive is riveting.
(PAC78, $6.99) |
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City Walks with Kids San Francisco
• Leslie Crawford
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
BOXED
• 52 PAGES
• FAMILY
These 50 colorful convenient cards, each with a map and suggested walk or activity, include the neighborhoods and attractions for the family.
(SFO53, $14.95) |
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