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My WorksCowboy Slim
Slim wants to learn how to be a real cowboy. But try as he might he can't seem to get the hang of roping, or riding. And to make matters worse, the other cowboys make fun of his love for poetry. However, when the herd stampedes, its Slim's poetry that saves the day. Last Day Blues
Eddie leads the pack in trying to think of a class gift that might help take the sting out of Mrs. Hartwell's Last Day Blues. First Year Letters
Failed fieldtrips, soggy fire alarms and an escaped class pet. Who said teaching was easy? Sarah Jane Hartwell, star of First Day Jitters struggles through her first year of teaching. First Day Jitters
It's the first day of school and Sarah Jane Hartwell does NOT want to go. "I don't know anyone and it will be hard, and...I just hate it, that's all," she says from deep under her covers. Well, Sarah does make it to school, and I can't say anymore because I don't want to give away the SURPRISE ending. (Here's a hint. Students aren't the only ones who get nervous on the first day of school!) Winner of 2000 Storyteller Award, Finalist for 2002 Colorado Children's Book Award Margaret's Magnificent Colorado Adventure
Lucky Margaret. She gets to go on a vacation AND she gets to miss school in the process. Her teacher tells her she doesn't have to do any make-up work as long as she keeps a journal of all the things she sees and does and learns. Follow Margaret on her fun-filled trip through Colorado. Her annoying younger brother Zack makes sure that there never is a dull moment. Best Children's Book, Colorado Center for the Book Award, 2000 Women Writers of the West
Jessie Benton Fremont, Louise Clappe, Mary Hallock Foote, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Gertrude Bonnin. Five notable women whos words shaped our vision of the old West. Women Artists of the West
Told in a unique first-person/third-person narrative, Women Artists of the West profiles five important women artists who lived, worked and created in the early years of the twentieth century. Through the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, Mary-Russell Colton, Laura Gilpin, Dorothea Lange and Maria Martinez, the reader learns about the western landscape and culture. Amidst the Gold Dust
This is a colorful collection of five biographies of women who braved the western frontier. Sarah Winnemucca, Clara Brown, Nellie Cashman, Isabella Bird and Margaret Brown have much to teach us about how to face hardships. |
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