colorado

Takes readers on a tour of Colorado, describing the state's history, culture, land, economy, government, and sights, and including unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, suggested activities, lists of famous people, cultural institutions, and annual events, and other resources.

An orphaned Ute Indian boy wins stardom on the rodeo circuit but, disillusioned by his success, returns to the ways of his ancestors.

Presents a collection of ten short stories in graphic comic format that features the Jewish wisdom and wit of Rabbi Harvey in the western town of Elk Spring, Colorado.

High school teacher Tom Guthrie, abandoned by his wife and left to raise his two young sons alone, becomes involved in the lives of a pregnant, homeless teenager and two crusty, bachelor farmers.

In the community of Holt, Colorado, Victoria Roubideaux goes to college, leaving the McPheron brothers, who took her in when she was pregnant; DJ, a boy who lives alone with his grandfather, befriends two sisters whose father left them; and the children of a disabled couple face harassment at school.

Thirteen-year-old Eva, left alone in the world after the death of her adoptive parents, goes to Denver, Colorado, in search of her birth mother in 1878, and is shocked to find the address is a house of ill repute, and her mother only too willing to put her to work.

In 1879 seventeen-year-old Sarah travels from Chicago to the violent town of Leadtown, Colorado, to locate her missing father, but she finds that the mention of his name brings her strange looks and an attempt on her life.

An introduction to the history, people, land, economy, and government of Colorado, with photographs, a time line, and a list of things to see and do in the western state.

In the Colorado Territory in 1875, orphan Margret and her older sister Libby stay with Mrs. Fredrickson and nurse an injured horse back to health.

Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.