Eight-year-old Dodi hopes to overcome the objections of her family and Texas trailer park neighbors so that she can keep the stray dog she calls Prince.
Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents' hometown in Texas, but it doesn't feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery.
Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Texas, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Texans.
Presents a brief biography of President George W. Bush, covering his early life, tracing his political career, and including information from his first run for Congress to his presidential campaign in 2000.
Three dogs travel to Texas to cover a hot air balloon race for the television station where they work. Includes maps, information about the geography of Texas, and related activities.
Chronicles the history of Spanish influence in Texas, focusing on Spanish missions. Features illustrations, photographs, a glossary, a timeline, and an index.
As Little Britches, in her best attire, starts for the rodeo in town, she is waylaid by several rattlesnakes wanting to do her harm, but with some quick thinking she finds a way to outsmart them all.
Alejandro grows from ten years old to the age of seventeen, learning about life from his extended Mexican American family on a small ranch in 1940s South Texas.
