Thirteen true stories about childhood on the Great Plains in Fergus Falls, Minnesota; holidays, school, family and friends. Meet spunky Izzie who comes to life through her stories and photos and portrays a strong sense of praire community life in the 1880s in her Norwegian-American family. Interior illustrations are black and white line drawings that […]
Children's Books
Three rollicking tall tales: Johnny Kaw – The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas, Kansas Katie – A Sunflower Tale, and Twister Twyla – The Kansas Cowgirl each explore many facets of history, geography and life in Kansas. Illustrated with B&W line drawings children can color or teachers and librarians can copy for classroom use, along with […]
Jeffrey Holiwell, eleven years old and always in trouble with his sixth grade teacher for playing the class clown and failing to do his assignments, dreams of becoming a writer. Unfortunately, Jeff has an uncanny knack of creating obstacles between himself and his dream. Enter his alter ego, a cheeky black and white cat, a […]
Five rollicking tall tales of men and women of the prairie, from Johnny Kaw who shaped that land and trails of Kansas to Kansas Katie who made it the sunflower state; from Cottonwood Clyde whose fiddle music transformed a town to Fireball Faye who charmed a young newcomer into playing with fire and Twister Twyla […]
ISBN: 978-1460964811
Kansas cowgirl Twyla loves the wind and rides tornadoes in the Flint Hills Rodeo in this 32-page picture book illustrated with black-and-white line drawings. Extras include information on tornadoes, dust devils and rodeos, and a resource list of books and websites.
ISBN: 978-1466350380
Who could lop the funnel off a tornado with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan’s nose to dig the Mississippi and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? — Johnny Kaw, that’s who! This rollicking tall tale features […]
ISBN: 978-1500688059
Who could lop the funnel off a tornado with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan’s nose to dig the Mississippi and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? — Johnny Kaw, that’s who! This rollicking tall tale features […]
Look out Johnny Kaw. Move over Paul Bunyan. There’s a new gal in town and she’s not pleased with what those guys have done to the prairie. Kansas Katie sets out to spruce things up a bit. When Katie finds her big yellow cat, Buttercup, hiding in some “weeds,” she discovers the way to make […]