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Trilogy describing the author's journey to Canada from Wyoming with a dream of owning a cattle ranch. In Grass beyond…
the Mountains, Richmond and his companions conquer the tortuous miles and carve out a space for themselves. Also includes Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and The Rancher Takes a Wife. Strong language and some violence. 1978By P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard, P. L Travers, Dr P. L. Travers. 2006
For each letter of the alphabet, there is a brief description of a character or incident from the other Mary…
Poppins books. The featured letter in each segment begins as many words as possible. For grades 4-7. 1962By Margret Rey, H. A. Rey. 2011
A collection of eight tales about a mischievous but loveable monkey named George. Includes Curious George Visits a Toy Store,…
Curious George Goes Camping, and Curious George Visits the Library. For grades K-3 and older readers. English/Spanish language. 2011By Margaret Wise Brown, Leo and Diane Dillon. 2003
Two trains are heading west. One is streamlined, the other small and old. On their parallel journeys, the trains encounter…
rivers, hills, snow, and dust storms, but neither is thwarted. But look closer and see that these two trains, though similar in many ways, have a surprising difference: one is the real thing, traversing the countryside, and the other is a toy, making its way across rug fringe "tracks," along the edge of a bathtub, through a tunnel made from a book, and past a broom and dust pan. For grades pres-school to kindergarten. For preschool-grade 2. 1977By Clarence Edward Mulford, Clarence E. Mulford, Tom Doherty Associates. 1992
Buck Peters put everything he owned into the Bar-20 and thought he could make a go of it. It looked…
pretty good too, until he fell in with that gang of renegade buffalo hunters. They were after his spread, his cattle, his life. And they swore to let nothing stand in their way. Nothing. And then they met a cowhand named CassidyBy Diane Namm, Eric Freeberg. 2014
By Lalita Tademy. 2014
Cow Tom, born into slavery in Alabama in 1810 and sold to a Creek Indian chief before his tenth birthday,…
possessed an extraordinary ability to master languages. As the new country developed westward, he became a key translator for his Creek master and was hired out to US military generals. His talent made him indispensable, but what would become of him and his family with the coming of the Civil War? UnratedRetellings of Greek and Roman myths with explanations of vocabulary and setting. Includes tales such as "Jason and the Golden…
Fleece," "The Riddle of the Sphinx," and "Baucis and Philemon," which is about an elderly couple who were favored by the gods for being hospitable. For grades 3-6. 1989By Virgil, Robert Fagles. 2006
Epic Latin poem composed by Virgil during the last ten years of his life, 29 to 19 B.C.E. Beginning with…
the legend of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who founded a settlement in Italy, celebrates the Roman Empire's expansion and the achievements of Emperor Augustus. Verse translation by Robert Fagles. 2006By Michael Punke, Perseus. 2002
Missouri River tributaries, 1823. When a trapper is mauled by a grizzly, he is left behind with two volunteers who…
soon abandon him. Deserted, defenseless, and enraged, he vows to survive--and exact his revenge. Based on the real life of fur trapper Hugh Glass. Some violence and some strong language. 2002By Jim Davidson, Barre Toelken. 1999
After his brother's suicide, Markus Cottin sets out to uncover the family's past, trekking to visit his father, now a…
hermit living in a mountain shack. Later, at his grandfather's place in Colorado, Markus learns about past involvement with Navajo neighbors. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Spur Award. 1999By Robert Graves. 1965
By Ingri D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. 1962
By Saul Bellow. 1996
Asa Leventhal is alone in New York while his wife is away. Seeking relief from a New York heat wave…
one evening in the park, he is approached by a stranger who accuses him of ruining his life. As the relationship between the antagonists deepens, Leventhal's fragile sense of self-worth starts to crumble. 1947By Richard S Wheeler, Tom Doherty Associates, Richard S. Wheeler. 1999
On January 1, 1900, journalist Henry Jackson Stoddard, age sixty-one, begins his recollections of people encountered and events witnessed in…
Virginia City and the Comstock Lode since his arrival there in 1861. Among his acquaintances was Samuel Clemens when he was a young reporter, and a mining town was the place to be. 1999By Horacio Cardo. 1998
Long ago a man named Sissa devises a game in tribute to a war. Beginning with the squares on the…
board and the king as the key figure, Sissa explains the basic movements of each chess piece and the overall strategy of the game. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1998By Elmer Kelton, Tom Doherty Associates. 1998
Texas, 1910. In this sequel to The Good Old Boys (DB 48505), Hewey Calloway settles down and, with his nephew…
Tommy, runs the Circle W ranch. Hewey is seriously injured trying to prove he can still break a horse. The mishap has one benefit, though; he gets reacquainted with an old girlfriendBy Frederic Bean. 1995
Weary of the sea and ill with a lung disease, Buck Wallace sets out to spend the rest of his…
life trapping along the Pecos River. Despite stories he hears of savage Comanches there, he does not fear death and wants to live in peace among the Indians. The brutality of life he finds is tempered by his unexpected love of Asa, a beautiful Kiowa woman. Violence and some descriptions of sexBy Karrie Fransman. 2022
The Greek myths were first told thousands of years ago, by poets and singers who wanted to tell how the…
world came to be. These brilliant stories are full of adventure and drama, but they also explore our deepest fears and fantasies. There's a reason these myths still feel so powerful - they've formed the foundations of narratives and archetypes that we see in books and on our screens even today. Having changed the way we look at Fairy Tales in their last book, Karrie and Jon have turned to these ancient stories to see what magic their marvellous gender swapping machine can work on them. As before, they haven't rewritten these myths. They haven't reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. All they've done is switch all the genders. It might not sound like that much of a change, but you'll be amazed by the world this swap creates - and by the new godesses, heroes, villainesses and adventurers you're about to discoverBy Max McCoy. 1993
The slavery issue first divides the Missouri Fenn family when they must decide whether or not to aid an injured…
fugitive slave. When the war breaks out, one brother immediately joins the Union army. But when Union violence is directed towards the remaining, neutral Fenns, each rebels in his or her own way--resulting in imprisonment, dismemberment, and even death for some family members before the war is over. Some strong language and violence