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AGGIE GOOSE RHYMES (SIGNED Copy) (Texas A&M)
by Debbie Leland. Color illustrations by Ann Hollis Rife. Condition: Very good+ 1998 hardcover (pictorial boards)/No jacket issued. Third printing. SIGNED "Gig 'em" by author. Vibrant and detailed illustrations by Rife. Content: Includes 15 traditional Mother Goose rhymes with a cute Aggie twist. There's even a "treasure hunt" on each page: a search for the Aggie Senior Ring. Also includes a small glossary of Aggie terms and history. Questions welcome. Whoop! $ 15.50 + $ 3.19 media shipping [Email for shipping charges on international orders.]

ARMADILLO RODEO
written & illustrated by Jan Brett. Vivid & adorable color illustrations. Condition: Very Good 1996 G. P. Putnam & Sons hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. The DJ does have small edgewear and is price-clipped. The book itself is in like-new condition. Content: Bo, the wayward Armadillo baby, wanders off to a rodeo where he rides a horse (well, sort of), eats hot peppers, plays with boots, attends a dance, and is finally tracked down by his mom and returned home. Absolutely adorable tale for Texas kids - the illustration of Bo sitting in a field of Bluebonnets is priceless. Questions welcome.
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CHERUB IN STONE (Hisorical Fiction)
by Catherine Gonzalez. Beautiful cover art - no credit given. Condition: 1995 Chaparral Books/TCU Press Trade paperback, first printing. Content: In 1927 a Czech family (Catholic) from Central Texas moves to a small North Texas town where everyone attends the Baptist and Methodist churches. Fifteen-year-old Sari Mednick wants to be popular in her new school but finds that she is considered an outsider. Her brother Georgi takes up with a bad crowd of older boys, and there are rumors about the Ku Klux Klan and their hatred for not only blacks but also for Slavs and Jews. When the Klan makes itself known with beatings and fires, Sari learns a lesson in courage. A captivating novel that vividly presents the misunderstandings and blind hatred that gave rise to ivolence in Texas in the 1920s. Gonzalez has based her novel on a real family she knew. [A personal note: Grandmother Malone and family used to tell of lying about their religion to find housing, to get a job, and to avoid cross burnings in their neighborhood in Fort Worth in the twenties.]
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THE CHRISTMAS EVE CATTLE DRIVE: A Christmas Story
by George S. Smith. B&W illustrations (suitable for coloring) by Eliza Bacon. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1991 Eakin Press (Austin) soft cover, first edition. Problem: light impressions bottom front cover. Interior clean & tight. Content: It was Christmas Eve, 1887, and poor Timmy Ballard was stuck guarding and herding the family cattle. Suddenly the cattle began to stampede - and who's there to help out? - Santa, of course. Cute and lots of fun. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE COUTURIERE OF GALVEZ: The Dressmaker of Galveston
by Wanda Cionne B&W illustrations by J. Kay Wilson. Condition: UNREAD 1992 Eakin Press (Austin) Trade PB, first edition. While the book is unread, it has been shelved badly - light shelfwear bottom back corner and a small "ding" top spine. Interior clean & tight. Content: Holly Carter was only 11 when she was kidnapped from a Louisiana plantation and placed on a sailing ship bound for Galveston Island. It was the year the Civil War ended - 1965. This is her story, how she learned to sew and became a renowned dressmaker in a period of history when Black women seldom ahd the opportunity to own their own business. Holly's story coincides with the history of Galveston during its heyday. At one time the most prosperous port in Texas, the island city had to suffer growning pains, too - yellow fever epidemics, hurricanes, fires out-of-control. Holly is a survivor and so is her beloved Galveston - both brought to their knees by the killer storm of 1900 - both determined to make a comeback.
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COWBOYS
by Marie and Douglas Gorsline. Detailed color illustrations by Douglas Gorsline. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1980 Random House "Pictureback" soft cover (stapled wraps), no printing given. Name inside front cover. Content: Describes the life of the cowboys in the old West, how they ate, slept, dressed, tamed horses, drove cattle, lived on the trail, and spent their leisure time. The example used for the cowboy life is that of a Texas cowboy and his cattle drive to Abilene along the Chisholm Trail. This is an interesting book. Ages 9 - 12. Questions welcome.
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THE DEATHLESS WHITE STALLION AND OTHER TALES
by Joe Ferguson. B&W illustrations by Aaron Morris. Condition: Very Good 1989 Eakin Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Problem: DJ has edgewear with a small chip bottom front DJ at spine. Interior clean & tight. Content: A series of Southwestern tales, originally collected by folklorists, have been retold by a storyteller. Set in "the old days," each tale represents an ethnic group: Mexican-American, German, black, and what could be termed Lone Star Texan. The stories: The Deathless White Stallion; The Panther and the Seven Kids; Alligator Trubble; Strap Buckner, Fightin'ist Boy; La Cenicienta; and La Cenicienta. Also contains a Glossary. Larger than normal print. For Early Readers. Questions welcome.
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FOR TEXAS AND FREEDOM (Long Rifle Series)
by E. H. Staffelbach. B&W illustrations by Hugh Wiley. Condition: Very good 1953 Harr Wagner library binding hardcover (pictorial boards), no printing given. This is an EX-LIBRARY book with markings, but it is unread. The interior is clean & tight with light tanning to page edges. Content: Historical fiction of the taming of Texas - the fight for freedom and the Texas Revolution with the complicity of President Andrew Jackson. Young Adult.
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GREEK MYTHS WESTERN STYLE: Toga Tales with an Attitude
by Barbara McBride-Smith. B&W decorations. Condition: UNREAD 1998 August House hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Only flaw: Note on top loose endpage: "Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, 2000). Everything else is perfect. Content: When Barbara McBride-Smith was first introduced to the ancient Greeks, she didn't quite hear right. When her teacher told her they lived in the cradle of western civilization, young Barbara thought she said Western civilization as in central Texas, around about Waco, where they seemed to fit right in. She gives us 16 familiar Greek tales and given them a new twist-the characters are Texans. Welcome to a world in which Theseus is a boy who has "a few cogs without a matching ratchet," Demeter is a bitter woman with vengeance on her mind, Medea is a lusty woman who kills for love, Orpheus is a Garth Brooks kinda guy, Achilles and Odysseus are draft dodgers, and Bacchus is a drunken womanizer. The stories, while staying true to the facts of the originals, take on a whole new life. There is plenty of funny colloquial language and there are details to tickle the fancy of many young adults-naked beauty contests, wicked fights, name calling. [Recommended for grades 9+ - Adults will also like this book]
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A HISTORICAL ALBUM OF TEXAS ([Historical Album Series]
by Charles A. Wills. Color photos & paintings repros with B&W era drawings & photos. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1995 Millbrook soft cover, first printing. Problem: light binder's glue splashes inside front cover and a pale "near-crease" front cover. Interior clean & tight. Content: These brief series titles are heavily pictorial, with over 40 full-color and black-and-white photographs and reproductions in each, and offer a clear overview of each state's history from prehistory to the present. Students may find them useful for simple research, or for scanning the pertinent and well-chosen illustrations. The appended pages are great for ready reference. There is a gazeteer of quick facts, a map, and pictures of the state flag, seal, and flower. Also included are lists of personalities, places to visit, and a chronological comparison of key dates in U.S. history with pivotal events in the highlighted state. Ages 9 - 12. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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JO AND THE BANDIT
by Willo Davis Roberts. Mike Engle (Cover). Condition: NEW 1992 Athenum Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, second printing. Content: Twelve-year-old Jo and her brother have been orphaned, and on their way to stay with their uncle, the stagecoach they are on is robbed. Artistic Jo draws pictures to identify the bandits, but she fights to save the youngest, reluctant bandit even when her uncle, the judge, uses her as bait to catch them. Fast-paced action and stimulating dialogue. Texas in the 1880s. Nice historical fiction for young adults.
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THE LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET: An Old Tale of Texas Retold and Illustrated by Tomie De Paola
text & color art by Tomie de Paola. Condition: NEW 1983 edition G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), 27th printing. Content: A retelling of the Comanche Indian legend of how a little girl's sacrifice brought the flower called bluebonnet to Texas. Ages 4+.
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LETTERS TO OMA: A young German girl's account of her first year in Texas, 1847 (Historical Fiction)
by Marj Gurasich. B&W illustrations by Barbara M. Whitehead. . Condition: NEW 1989 TCU Press Chaparral Books Trade Paperback, fifth printing. Content: After her family moves from Germany to Texas in 1847, fifteen-year-old Tina chronicles in letters to her grandmother their struggle to survive in a strange new place while preserving their traditional German ways. [1 copy available]
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MARIPOSA: Magical Stories of Texas (Inscribed Copy)
by Mary Mae Hartley. Illustrated by Julie N. Jenkyn. Inscribed by author on flyleaf. Condition: Mixed condition 1996 Eakin Press (Austin) hardcover - pictorial boards - (no jacket issued), second printing. Interior is clean & tight and the illustrations bright. Every edge of the cover has at least some edgewear with a short peeling back bottom spine. Overall this book is a good +. Content: Mariposa, a tiny boy with butterfly-like wings and magic powers, flies about Texas all during its history doing good works for deserving people. His good deeds range from the Big Thicket to West Texas to even helping Lady Bird with the Texas wildflowerrs. Texas history wrapped in fantasy - of course, outsiders think our history has always been that way. Neat book for little Texicans. Questions encouraged.
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THE MUSTANG PROFESSOR: The Story of J. Frank Dobie
by Mark Mitchell. B&W illustrations by the author. Condition: NEW 1993 Eakin Press hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), second printing. Content: A young readers' biography of famed author and folklorist, J. Frank Dobie. [1 copy available]
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A PARADISE CALLED TEXAS (Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee)
by Janice Jordan Shefelman. Illustrations by Tom, Karl, & Dan Shefelman. Condition: NEW 1983 Eakin Press Trade PB, first thus, second printing. Very slight fading of spine. Content: "GTT" - Gone to Texas - was the message left on doors all over the southeast in the early to mid-1800s. This is the story of a German family who pulled up stakes and moved to Texas. "Mina and her family left Germany in search of a better life. Read this novel to find out how the early immigrants to the south and west lived. Mina's family faced many grave dangers and hardships once they reached Texas, as well as the tragic loss of loved ones. This story follows the family from Germany, to Galveston, and finally to New Braunfuls in Central Texas, where they will settle and hopefully find happiness. A great story to read along with social studies of early Texas."
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STAY PUT, ROBBIE McAMIS
by Frances G. Tunbo, illustrated by Charles Shaw. Condition: NEW 1988 TCU Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). B&W illustrations. Content: When a wagon train accident separates a traveling family and strands five helpless children and Grammie in the Texas wilderness of 1848, it is up to twelve-year-old Robbie to find them food and shelter and help them all survive. Grades 5-7. [2 copies available]
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SANTA CALLS
written & illustrated by William Joyce. Vivid & adorable color illustrations. Condition: Very Good 1993 HarperCollins large hardcover and DJ (price-clipped & in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. The only problem with the book: gift inscription loose endpage. Content: Set in 1908 Abilene, Texas, it is the story of orphan Art Atchinson Aimesworth, his friend Spaulding Littlefeets and his sister Esther. One Christmas Eve Art receives a mysterious box and a summons to come to the North Pole -- signed "S.C." Intrigued (to say the least!), Art and his cohorts construct the machine inside the box and fly off to visit Santa, where adventures await them, Mr. and Mrs. Claus greet them, and Art renews his love for his sister. There is a surprise ending that lets us know that Santa and Esther have been in cahoots all along. [William Joyce is a magnificent illustrator. If you've ever happened to catch one of his covers for the New Yorker then you know what I'm talking about. Joyce has a style all his own. His pictures are curvy and lit with subtle variations. He's so accomplished that when he draws a gigantic character with just a tiny black dot of an eye, that character appears warm and inviting rather than scary and intimidating. As an artist, he is probably one of the best living today.] Questions welcome.
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SEARCH FOR THE SHADOWMAN
by Joan Lowery Nixon. Condition: NEW c. 1998 Yearling Trade Paperback, no printing given. Content: A school assignment on family history leads a young Texan on a search for an ancestor considered the black sheep of the family (he-whose-name-is-not-spoken) who participated in the 1877 Great Texas Salt Wars of West Texas. Grades 5-7. [1 copy available]
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TAME THE WILD STALLION
by Jeanne Williams. Walle Conoly cover art & illustrations. Condition: NEW 1995 TCU Press Trade PB, reprint. Content: A Texas boy spends a year in captivity on a Mexican hacienda, where he learns respect and affection for the Mexican culture and gains an understanding of what freedom really means.
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THE TERRIBLE ARMADILLO (A JellyBeans Book)
by Joy Cowley (The Mouse Bride). Color illustraitons by David Cowe. Condition: Gently pre-read, IF at all, 1988 Ottenheimer Publishers small soft cover, no printing given. Two small rubbing spots top back cover edge. Content: Our child hero has terrible experiences when he goes into the bathroom to take a bath - a Terrible Armadillo appears and splashes bathwater on the floor, uses mom's toothbrush to clean his toenails, eats all the soap and other armadillo atrocities. And does Mom believe our hero about the Armadillo? What do you think? Very clever and cute. Questions welcome [2 copies available]
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TEXAS FOOTPRINTS
text & B&W illustrations by Rita Kerr. B&W maps, also. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1988 Eakin Press hard cover & DJ (In mylar jacket), first edition. The DJ has been price-clipped. Content: Kerr succeeds in colorfully relaying events in the lives of William Roberts and Elizabeth Pryor (her great-grandparents), who were among Stephen Austin's "Old Three Hundred." These settlers were moved into the Texas colony in 1823; in subsequent years, William's father and Elizabeth's much younger sister were married (women were scarce). It is because of this marriage that William and Elizabeth met as children and later fell in love. And when it was time for William to fight in the Texas Revolution, Elizabeth accompanied him to the battlefields. The language is deliberately simple, but the lives these pioneers led were not; perhaps it is because the storytelling comes from the heart that its occasional weaknesses in writing are easily overlooked. Ages 8-12. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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TEXAS ROSE: DILUE ROSE HARRIS (A Girl of Early Texas) (Inscribed Copy)
by Rita Kerr. Condition: UNREAD 1986 Eakin Press hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ - some were issued without DJs), first edition, no printing given. INSCRIBED by author in 1996. Content: This book is about little Dilue Rose and her family who came to Texas in 1833 when Rose was eight years old. They settled near Harrisburg and experienced the hardships and adventures that were prevalent when Texas was struggling to gain its independence from Mexico. Texas Rose is based on Dilue's reminiscences of her life and early days. She wrote her memoirs in her later years and they were published in the 1900, 1901, & 1904 issues of The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association. Great for younger kids (ages 8+) who live in Texas or who are interested in early frontier life. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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TEXAS ROSE: DILUE ROSE HARRIS (A Girl of Early Texas) (Inscribed Copy)
by Rita Kerr. Condition: UNREAD 1986 Eakin Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, no printing given. INSCRIBED by author in 1989. Content: This book is about little Dilue Rose and her family who came to Texas in 1833 when Rose was eight years old. They settled near Harrisburg and experienced the hardships and adventures that were prevalent when Texas was struggling to gain its independence from Mexico. Texas Rose is based on Dilue's reminiscences of her life and early days. She wrote her memoirs in her later years and they were published in the 1900, 1901, & 1904 issues of The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association. Great for younger kids (ages 8+) who live in Texas or who are interested in early frontier life. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THE TREE THAT WOULD NOT DIE (INSCRIBED COPY)
by Ellen Levine. Wonderful color illustrations by Ted Rand. Condition: INSCRIBED by both Author and Illustrator. UNREAD 1995 Scholastic hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Told in the first person from the viewpoint of the Treaty Oak, a 400-year-old oak tree that was poisoned in 1989, this picture book chronicles American history from the seemingly narrow perspective of what the tree might have seen. And it saw plenty: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Levine handles the difficulties of persona and time frame with grace, using sensory details to give immediacy to the quickly shifting scenes. Beginning with the acorn sprouting into a seedling, the tree tells of the birds and buffalo it shaded and the first people, who met beneath its branches. Later the Spaniards came, then Stephen Austin, who is said to have made peace with the Indians at the "Treaty Oak," as it is now known. The tree saw pioneers clear and plant the fields, watched Texans locate their new capital on the land, and hid an escaped slave in its branches. Cowboys herded their cattle nearby. Railroads, paved roads, and telephone poles crossed the land. People who lost their jobs during the Depression slept under the tree. Threatened by modern developers, the land around the tree was made into a park. Children will feel wrenched by the tree's poisoning but heartened by the outpouring of love, prayers, poems, and money to help save the Treaty Oak. Beautifully designed and painted, the artwork records the growth of the tree and the drama of unfolding history in a series of engaging spreads. Particularly effective are the scene-within-a-scene pictures of the young tree and the use of black pages for the poisoning. [Note: the man who poisioned the tree was mentally unstable at the time and in line with ideas of justice in our state, the DA and others wanted to give this man (who had been in jail twice for check fraud only) life in prison on the three-strikes program for the damage to the tree. He finally received 9 years for his crime.] Ages 6 - 9.
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UNCLE COMANCHE
by J.A. Benner. Condition: NEW (shrink-wrapped) 1996 TCU Press Trade PB first edition. Dana Adams cover. Content: In Texas in the 1840's, young Sul Ross runs away from home and, joining up with his friend Sergeant Hanse Mason, rescues ferry passengers from a flood, and is invited to run the ferry and study with the school teacher widow of the former ferry owner. Historical fiction based on the life of Texan Sul Ross and his adventures-attacked by Kickapoo, caught in raging river, kidnapped by Comanches are only a few. Benner has written an adult biography of Ross, so this book is historically accurate, even though it is historical fiction. Strictly for young readers - junior high school, IMHO. [3 copies available]
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WE WERE THERE AT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO (We Were There Series)
by Margaret Cousins. Great B&W illustrations by Nicholas Eggenhofer. Historical consultant: Walter Prescott Webb. Condition: Good+, 1959 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), most likely a library edition as this is a former library book with few marks. Content: The story of a young man's adventures in Texas and at the Alamo with Davy Crockett. Ages 6 - 9.
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