Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602193487
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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In colorful detail, Good Night New Mexico explores the iconic cities of Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Silver City, Taos, and Santa Fe. Young readers discover the treasures of Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands National Monument, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, the International UFO Museum and Research Center, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Also included are hot air ballooning, skiing, Mexican food, and desert life including the horny toad and roadrunner.
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602191441
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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From the majestic Maroon Bells to skiing to in Aspen, this charming books tours young explorers around the magnificent state of Colorado. Children quickly recognize their favorite sites and wildlife, including elk and bighorn sheep, Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Colorado State Fair, Royal Gorge Bridge, Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, Vail, Breckenridge, and more.
Author: Helen Foster James
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1585366315
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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New Mexico rightly earns its nickname "Land of Enchantment" with natural treasures such as the White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, and the Gila National Forest. But more than a beautiful landscape, New Mexico is steeped in the mystique, history, and tradition of multiple cultures, including the ancient Aztec and early Spanish explorers. From pueblo villages and stately missions to the nuclear energy research at Los Alamos, E is for Enchantment showcases the past, present, and future of New Mexico. Helen Foster James has been an educator for more than twenty years, and is now a lecturer at San Diego State University. She received her doctorate from Northern Arizona University. One of her goals is to travel to all fifty states, and she's already visited more than half. She lives in San Diego, California, with big stacks of children's books and her husband Bob. Neecy Twinem is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator of more than seventeen published books. She earned a fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has exhibited her artwork in the United States and Europe. After a family trip to northern New Mexico, Neecy fell in love with the Southwest and now makes her home in the natural surroundings of the Sandia Mountains area.
Author: Martha Day Zschock
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions
ISBN: 9781938700668
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Join the Bunnies as they meet their new baby boy!
Author: Dennis Clark
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602199256
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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From the Jersey Shore to the Palisades, this charming board book captures the true spirit of the Garden State. Young children will be captivated by the memorable sites and attractions New Jersey offers, including the Atlantic Ocean and sandy beaches, fishing boats, rafting the Delaware Water Gap, blueberry farms in the Pine Barrens, Lucy the Elephant, Asbury Park, Adventure Aquarium, Lakota Wolf Preserve, lighthouses, and more.
Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619024829
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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"A gorgeous, engaging collection . . . [Urrea] captures the song and spirit of people who might otherwise be invisible . . . As difficult as the subject matter may be, the writing is radiant, showing how the worth of human beings can’t be dimmed by a border fence or hot-button politics." —The Washington Post An exquisitely composed collection of poetry that examines life at the border from the New York Times bestselling author of Good Night Irene and The House of Broken Angels, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction Celebrated author Luis Alberto Urrea was inspired to create this work largely in response to the book bannings and abolition of Mexican-American studies in Arizona and as a cry against the current political climate for immigrants. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea offers a deep and moving meditation on the blurring borders in a melting pot society.
Author: Nitya Khemka
Publisher: Good Night books
ISBN: 1602194793
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Good Night Rajasthan features Jaipur, Amber Fort, Elephant Festival, Palaces of Shekhawati, potters and dip dyers of Sanganer, Mehrangarh Fort, holy Pushkar Lake, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Thar Desert, and more. This delightful and educational board book tours little explorers around the magical city of Rajasthan. Children will discover all of their favorite landmarks and attractions. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. Many of India's most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for India's natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area's attractions as rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.
Author: Peggy Rathmann
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399242600
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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This roomy trim size is perfect for sharing with groups and lap sitters, and will stand up to years of repeat readings.
Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816520152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, riotous gush. Trapped pumping gas at a desolate roadstop, he yearns for things he has never known: love, hope, and the soft, white calmness of snow. Mike's world is filled with a menagerie of quirky characters, who cope with the weight of their unfulfilled dreams with bravado, humor, and violence. Mike trades snappy insults with his macho father, Texaco Turk McGurk, a moustachioed amateur boxer and self-proclaimed war hero who is unable to talk about love. Mike lusts after Lily, his seductive, poem-writing cousin. He cowers before and then confronts the vicious Ramses, grandson of Mr. Sneezy, the wisecracking Apache. And he is rescued by his best friend, Bobo, who delivers him into the care of the loving and generous Mama and Papa Garcia. In Search of Snow is an explosive coming-of-age adventure, full of hilarious episodes and still, poignant moments. Like a blue-collar Don Quixote, Mike must blow up his windmills before he can set off to find the things he lacks, especially the snow that will temper the passion he has just set aflame.
Author: J. Evetts Haley
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185171
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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An exciting story of a Texas Ranger, adventurer, and immigration officer who became a symbol of his age while gambling with death in the wild frontier regions of Texas, Arizona, and Old and New Mexico. Charles Goodnight knew the West of Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Dick Wooton, St. Vrain, and Lucien Maxwell. He ranged a country as vast as Bridger ranged. He rode with the boldness of Fremont, guided by the craft of Carson. His vigorous zest for life enabled him to live intensely and amply, and in this book by J. Evetts Haley, himself no stranger to the West, provides a fully readable and important western biography, vividly told, thrilling, witty, and completely authentic.
