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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c1969
Physical Desc
[52] p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young Indian boy carves an Indian figure in a small canoe and sends him off on a long, adventurous journey through the Great Lakes to the sea.[How Paddle-to-the-Sea came to be -- Paddle starts on his journey -- Paddle meets a sawmill -- The largest lake in the world -- Life in a northern marsh -- Adrift again -- The shipwreck -- Down Lake Michigan -- Paddle returns to the north -- Forest fire -- Paddle reaches Lake Erie -- Paddle takes a great fall...
Author
Language
English
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"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...
Author
Publisher
Western Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1979
Physical Desc
280 p. : col. ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations. This premier field guide features all characteristics-tree shape, bark, leaf, flower, fruit and twig-for quick identification, making it a superior choice for trail walks, creating...
Author
Publisher
Published for University of Vermont by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
1981
Physical Desc
xx, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a thoroughly enjoyable and readable book Haviland and Power effectively shatter the myth that Indians never lived in Vermont.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
Twenty fifth anniversary edition, first Vintage International edition
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Blood Meridian" is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps...
Author
Publisher
Mrs. Thomas E. Daniels
Pub. Date
1963]
Edition
[1st ed.
Physical Desc
63 p. illus. 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The main purpose of this book is to make Vermonters and other interested people aware of the prehistoric and historic Indian cultures that flourished in this area, some of which date back to several centuries B.C....this book should teach the reader to recognize, and correctly identify, what he is seeing when he walks along the stream banks and valleys of Vermont" -- From pages 10 & 11.
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard.".
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
10) Berry song
Author
Language
English
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2023 Youth Media Award Winners
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As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages.
Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great...
13) Zia
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Author
Publisher
DK Pub., in association with the National Audubon Society
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
224 p. col. ill., col. maps 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, the Audubon North American Birdfeeder Guide covers the best ways to attract, observe, and feed birds in your own backyard. From profiles of individual species to understanding bird behavior, this new compact edition provides a wealth of knowledge in a convenient and portable format.
Publisher
Fulcrum Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
231 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"All cultures have tales of the trickster, a craft creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precius possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. In the original graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales, Trickster brings together Native American...
Author
Series
Vermont. University volume Monograph 3
Publisher
C. E. Tuttle Co
Pub. Date
[1971]
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 107 p. illus. 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 598 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"A completely revised edition of Sibley's landmark guide, with more than 600 new paintings and 111 rare species added, new information on habitat and behavior, and more tips on finding species in the field"--Cover.
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