Cynthia Green

Blue-Eyed Devil Robert Parker (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $25.95)

Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book)

Family Ranch: Land, Children, and Tradition in the American West (Nonfiction)

Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book) Mary Dodson Wade, Illustrations by Joy Fischer Hein, Bright Sky Press, $16.95, Hardcover.

Family Ranch: Land, Children, and Tradition in the American West (Nonfiction) Linda Hussa, Photography by Madeleine Graham Blake, University of Nevada Press, $24.95, Hardcover.

Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)

Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books) Linda Aksomitis, Couteau Book for Kids, $8.95, Softcover.

As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction)

As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction) Clyde A. Milner II & Carol A. O'Connor, Oxford University Press, $34.95, Hardcover.

Sacajawea (Children’s Book)

Sacajawea (Children’s Book) Joseph Bruchac, Harcourt, $5.95, Softcover.

Rabbit Creek Country (Nonfiction) Jon Thiem with Deborah Dimon, University of New Mexico Press, $29.95, Hardcover.