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THE DONKEY BOY
By Garlyn Webb Wilburn
In 1836 young Sonnyboy Parker sets out to join the Texas Army accompanied by an ornery donkey that ultimately saves his life at the Battle of San Jacinto.
$12.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-698-3
208 pages, 6X9, glossary, and bibliography 
Reading level:  4.0

CLOUDS OVER TEXAS
By Billie L. Mathews
And Virginia E. Hurlburt
Matt, a New Texan, and Memo, a Native Tejano, find adventure and friendship during the Texas Revolution.
$8.95 Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-988-2
110 pages, 51/2X81/2
Reading level:  4.0

LIBERTY, JUSTICE  AND F'RALL
By Marjorie Kutchinski

At last, Liberty, Justice and F'rall, Sam Houston's three hound dogs, will find their rightful place in Texas history. The exciting story is told by Liberty, the momma dog.





$9.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-227-9
152 pages, 6 x 9. illustrations.
Reading level:  5.0
wpe15.jpg (4796 bytes) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
The Father of Texas

By Jean Flynn

Stephen, a reluctant student, newspaper editor, and law student, brought some of the first Americans into Texas.
$10.95 Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-267-7
64 pages, 5½ x 8½.
Reading Level: 5.2

wpe17.jpg (5525 bytes) JANE LONG
Mother of Texas

By Catherine Troxell Gonzalez

First known American woman to enter Texas and bear a child.
$14.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-299-3
64 pages, 5½x8½.
Reading Level: 5.5
 

 

JANE LONG:
A Child's Pictorial History

By Elizabeth Morgan

Photos and maps help make this an easy-to-read chapter book on the "Mother of Texas."

$14.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-861-4
104 pages, 6 x 9, glossary. Reading Level: 4.4

wpe1D.jpg (4303 bytes) LORENZO DE ZAVALA:
North to the Rio Grande

By Fay Venable

Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, de Zavala became the first vice-president of the Republic.

$7.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-080-2
56 pages, 5½ x 8½. Reading Level: 6.8

DAVID G. BURNET:
From New Jersey to Texas

By Ruth J. Carnes

The ad interim president of Texas grew up in New Jersey and arrived just in time for the revolution.

$6.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-139-6
64 pages, 5½ x 8½. Reading Level: 6.7

BIGFOOT WALLACE
By Jo Harper
Illustrated by Virginia Roeder

William Alexander Wallace was a whopper, six-foot-one and weighed 240 pounds when he became a hero of the republic of Texas.

$8.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-983-4
6 by 9, 48 pages, fully illustrated, RL 1-3

wpe20.jpg (15416 bytes) DEAF SMITH:
Scout, Spy, and Texas Hero

By Jo Harper
Illustrated by Virginia Roeder

Folksy, funny, well-researched easy-reader story of a hero who overcame his handicap.

$8.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-997-4
64 page, 6 x 9, illustrated chapter book.
Reading Level: 4.4

wpe21.jpg (4359 bytes) TEXAS ROSE:
The Story of Dilue Rose Harris

By Rita Kerr

Girl in early Texas who reported on frontier life and the "Runaway Scrape."

$8.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-008-X
64 pages, 5½ x 8½.
Reading Level: 4.9

wpe24.jpg (4066 bytes) NEW LIFE, NEW LAND
By Ann Fears Crawford
Illustrations by Betsy Warren

An easy read chapter book featuring early Texas women: Jane Long, Mary Rabb, Dilue Rose Harris, Rosa Kleberg, Margaret Lea Houston.

$10.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-004-7
48 pages, 8½ x 11.
Reading Level: 3.5

wpe27.jpg (3902 bytes) BLUEBONNET AWARD NOMINEE
WHERE THE PIRATES ARE
By Tom Townsend

Written in the spirit of Tom Sawyer. . . an excellent choice for young Texans who love history, the tall ships and the lure of treasure.

$9.95 Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-553-4
96 pages, 5½ x 8½, glossary.
Reading Level: 5.7