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CALIFORNIA COASTAL EXPLORER
For Kids
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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Two Bear Cubs, A Miwok Legend from California's Yosemite Valley
• Robert D. San Souci
• Daniel San Souci
LITERATURE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 36 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
The Miwok have a legend about El Capitan, Yosemite's famous rock formation, and this is it: two bear cubs fall asleep on an ordinary rock, which then begins to grow. Nice illustrations and lots of cultural information about the Miwok, for ages 4-8.
(CAL122, $14.95) |
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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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