When a small, serious boy joins Amanda on the park bench, she remembers that once she was small and serious too, but she had Grandfather--and his wonderful stories.

When thirteen-year-old Olive Oatman's wagon train is raided by outlaw Indians, she and her sister are captured, only to be ransomed later by a band of Mohaves.

Set during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory, London's 1906 story chronicles the story of a half-dog, half-wolf beast in the wild. As opposed to his famous Call of the Wild tale of a domestic dog reverting to the wild, White Fang depicts a wild animal eventually becoming domesticated. It is a gripping tale told from the wolf's point of view about the hard life in the frozen wilds of the north. The story concludes with White Fang returning...

Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.

An introduction to the history, culture, and people of the many Indian tribes that inhabited the region from northern California through the states of New Mexico and Arizona and adjacent parts of Mexico and Texas.

Text and accompanying photographs discuss the history of the Chumash Indians, their language, culture, and beliefs.

"It's opening day at Xus National Park in Southern California, and Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar's first day as Junior Park Rangers! But when a mysterious storm threatens to close the park, the siblings must put their heads together to save the day!"--

In Race to the River The Journey Continues, Sally Crum s exciting sequel to Race to the Moonrise An Ancient Journey, a young Native American brother and sister continue an event-filled, 13th century journey to return their injured father from today s southern Colorado to their home in Casas Grandes, Mexico. Meanwhile, three unlikely emissaries of peace, two boys and a Chumash noblewoman, embark from the California coast with hopes of averting an attack...