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Jeanette Winter: Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book
Every year Don Pedro and his family make papier-mache skeletons, or calaveras, for Mexico's Day of the Dead fiesta. From Angel and Doctor to Mariachi and Unicornio, each letter of the alphabet has its own special calavera. |
$9.95
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Kathryn Lasky: Days of the Dead
Lasky eloquently details the history and customs associated with this traditional Mexican celebration, briefly tells how it is linked to practices in ancient cultures, and describes a contemporary rural family's preparations and observances. |
$2.95
$4.99
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Richard Stephen: Deserts (Our Planet)
Discusses the characteristics and formation of the world's deserts and how plants, animals, and people have learned to survive there. |
$2.50
$4.95
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Michael Lacapa: Flute Player
Through a simple story line and easy, concrete language, Lacapa offers an Apache pourquoi folktale he remembers from his youth. The tale explains that the sound of wind echoing through the canyons comes from the flute of a young brave serenading his sweetheart. |
$5.56
$7.95
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Ken Buchanan: This House is Made of Mud/Esta casa esta heche de lodo
A family builds an adobe house in the Southwest desert. |
$4.55
$6.95
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Terri Cohlene: Turquoise Boy: A Navajo Legend (Native American Legends)
The legend of the Turquoise Boy supplemented with historical and cultural information about the Navajo. |
$3.50
$5.99
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Sara Hoagland Hunter: Unbreakable Code
Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped win World War II. |
$11.16
$15.95
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Jim Arnosky: Watching Desert Wildlife
Beckoned by its alluring landscape, Jim Arnosky paints and describes the desert’s most famous residents—Gila monsters, snakes, lizards, and a variety of birds of prey. A keen observer, he also spies some creatures that may surprise readers: the desert deer, pronghorn antelope, and bighorn sheep. Arnosky’s vibrant, engaging artwork is complemented by his lively first-person narrative. He adds a wealth of enlightening facts about desert creatures to make this a fascinating picture of the American southwest. |
$2.95
$7.95
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