texas

When Jake accidentally unlatches every gate in the row of pens at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, chaos ensues, but with a bit of ingenuity, Jake finds a way to make things right.

A cowboy named Kick becomes a mean braggart, driving away all of his friends and terrorizing the people of his Texas town, until a no-nonsense little girl named Belle helps him to mend his ways.

Highlights some of the attractions of Texas while providing information about the history, geography, agriculture, and industry of the state. Includes lists of state symbols and famous people, as well as the words to the state song, maps, and illustrations.

Presents a short study of the history, people, economy, and government of the state of Texas, and includes a time line.

Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.

A San Antonio girl and her family are caught up in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

Uncle Slim's exaggerated boasts about life in Texas include cows bigger than a barn and a man who ate seventeen strawberry rhubarb pies the size of truck tires. At intervals readers are given a variety of similar boasts from which to choose.

Describes the events surrounding the famous battle in the war for Texan independence.

Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaqu?n receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.

Janine is not looking forward to another boring summer on her parent's land in rural Texas, until Mr. Lunas, the man who saved her father's life in the war, arrives one day.