Author: John Madson
Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
Keywords: bur, oak, book, plants, tallgrass, prairie, sixty, elemental
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2005-06-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0877459428
ISBN-13: 9780877459422
"Elemental" is the perfect word to describe George Olson’s watercolor drawings of the plants of the tallgrass prairie. Delicately precise yet filled with vigor and color, they present the prairie in its individual elements and--taken as a group that celebrates the hues and textures of tallgrass wildflowers and grasses--in its seasonal abundance. In The Elemental Prairie, the combination of George Olson’s luminous drawings and John Madson’s eloquent essay "The Running Country" encourages us to look at the prairie world with newly appreciative eyes. For some years Olson has foc
Author: Helen Ketteman
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: prairie, books, whitman, albert, chili, armadilly
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-03-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0807504580
ISBN-13: 9780807504581
A blue norther’s a-blowing’, and Miss Billie Armadilly is hankering to make a pot of chili! Only she needs to fix it all by herself because Tex the tarantula, Mackie the bluebird, and Taffy the horned toad are too busy to lend a hand.
Author: Rynn Williams
Publisher: Bison Books
Keywords: prize, poetry, book, schooner, garage, prairie, adonis
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0803298579
ISBN-13: 9780803298576
Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Adonis Garage introduces a talent exquisitely keyed to the register of New York City’s pulse and to the heartbeat of the day. Raw and graphic, with a brash and beautiful voice, Rynn Williams’s poetry immerses us in disillusionment and desire and bears witness to the meaning of survival. Judith Ortiz Cofer called Adonis Garage a book of life written by someone who has lived honestly and passionately, and whose art has been mastered in order to bear witness and find meaning in each day.” Rynn Williams’s poems are brutally fran
Author: Teresa Bateman
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: prairie, books, whitman, albert, blockers, club, bully
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0807509191
ISBN-13: 9780807509197
Lotty Raccoon is excited. This year she has a new teacher, new backpack, and new shoes. But her enthusiasm quickly wanes when Grant Grizzly begins bullying her. With the help of her fellow students, she forms the Bully Blockers Club.
Author: Edith Wyatt
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: state, books, prairie, affections, love, comedy, true
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1993-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 025206352X
ISBN-13: 9780252063527
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Keywords: lerner, biographies, prairie, storyteller, ingalls, wilder, laura
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1996-12
List price: $27.93
ISBN-10: 0822549506
ISBN-13: 9780822549505
Tells the life story of the author of the "Little House" books from her childhood in Wisconsin to her death at Rocky Ridge Farm at the age of ninety.
Author: Judith Vigna
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: prairie, book, whitman, albert, kyra, black
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0807507792
ISBN-13: 9780807507797
Kyra is Christy’s best friend from the youth center. Matt and Julie are Christy’s best friends on her block. When Kyra’s African-American family moves into Christy’s white neighborhood, Christy learns a hard lesson about prejudice.
