Ages 5-7: This story is a simple account of the many accomplishments of Sam Houston (1793-1863). From a rural childhood in Tennessee, he went on to...
Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book)
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Children’s Book Reviews
Sagebrush and Paintbrush (Children’s Book)
Ages 6-13: Although born into a well-to-do Missouri mining family, Charles Russell (1864-1926) wanted to live the Western dream. At 16, he dropped...
Amazing Girls of Arizona (Children’s Book)
Young Adult: The young women described in these 11 short profiles reflect the ethnic diversity, varied lifestyles and resourceful character one...
Edith and the Mysterious Stranger (Young Adult)
Spunky, well-educated Edith is a hardworking nurse who won’t suffer the company of foolish men. She returns home to Idaho to care for her pregnant...
Adventures in the West
AGES 10-13: Adventures in the West is an anthology of stories of the West that range from Indian legends to a story by L. Frank Baum (creator of The...
Sitting Bull Remembers
AGES 6-10: Musing about the triumphs and tragedies of life gone by is a natural part of aging. In this beautifully realized book, author Ann Turner...
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
AGES 4-8: This darling tale about the importance of friendship, split into four mini-chapters, is a helpful introduction for children beginning to...
Billy the Kid
AGES 9-11: Like his real-life namesake, Billy Bonney is a charming young man with a hair trigger temper and quick reflexes with a .44. But fact and...
Letters From the Corrugated Castle
AGES 10-14: Fictionalized corres-pondences to and from a girl, Eldora, living in Gold Rush California from 1850-1852 provide the narrative of this...
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
AGES 4-8: Do you remember the old woman who swallowed a fly? Now imagine that a coyote in the Southwestern desert has a similar gastronomical...
Thunder Rose
AGES 4-8: Thunder Rose possesses special powers from the day she is born with thunder and lightning coursing through her veins. She is able to put...
The Wild West Pop-Up Book
AGES 5-15: Creating a book which accurately relates the history of “Going West” from Boone to the “Cattle Kingdom” of the 1880s would seem an...