By: John F. Whisler
Illustrated by: Samuel J. Ayers

Many fun facts about the Alamo, with activities from coloring to a board game to crafts and recipes.

Paperback, 24 pp.

Illustrated by: Greg Gongaware

Puzzles, games, pictures to color and pictures to draw.

Softcover, 40 pp.

Book One of the Texas Adventure Series
Author: Margot Spiekermann

The boy's dog saw the strangers before anyone else in the village-washed up on shore after starving at sea. But the villagers who ran to help the bedraggled survivors didn't last long. Mysterious illness has ravaged the village, and left the boy alone with the shipwreck's only survivor. Full of hate, the boy is determined to make the sailor pay for bringing the sickness to his family. But is hatred enough to survive on in the unforgiving wilderness?

Soft cover 192 pages.

By: Lou Hudson

Explains when to drawl and when to twang. Pocket-sized for quick reference.

Softcover, 80 pp.

Book two in the Texas Adventure Series
Author: Margot Spiekermann
Pure and simple, Katherine Abbott hates Texas. As far as she's concerned, it's the loneliest place on Earth. And when a stranger named Stephen Austin visits the family cabin, she's suspicious. After all, Austin spends his time with the Abbotts making all sorts of pie-in-the-sky promises-and when he leaves, it's on the back of Mr. Abbott's borrowed horse! Katherine's sure that Austin is playing her family for fools. In a story that winds throught horse-thieves and horned-toads, brush-fires and bogeymen, coaxing Katherine to warm up to her new home is a Texas-sized job!

Softcover 205 pages.

By: David A. Adler
Illustrated by: John and Alexandra Wallner

A fully illustrated story of a famous American frontiersman, statesman, storyteller and hero.

Softcover, 32 pp.

A Journal of Fashion History through Paper Dolls

By: Betty J. Mills
Illustrations by: L. C. Ross

Amanda's journal recounts how she goes to Texas in a covered wagon with her parents, builds a log cabin, and meets a handsome neighbor. Paper dolls of Amanda and her beau and outfits for them to wear are provided.

Paperback, 10 glossy cardstock pages.

A Journal of Fashion History through Paper Dolls

By: Betty J. Mills
Illustrations by: L. C. Ross

Amanda's journal continues as she marries, raises chidren, and sees her husband off to first the Texas Revolution and then the Civil War. Paper dolls of Amanda and her family and outfits for them to wear are provided.

Paperback, 10 glossy cardstock pages

Author: John Beifuss
Illustrated by Peggy Turley
Ray, a curious armadillo, wonders how the moon can have so many shapes and why it sometimes disappears. He decides to find the answers by asking his desert animal friends. Each of Ray's friends has a fanciful explanation, but it isn't until Ray meets us with a wise old owl that the discovers that sometimes the truth is the most unbelievable explantion of all!
Also included in this enchanting story is an afterword that gives a brief explanation of the phases of the moon as well as a note about the role that the moon has played in legends around the world.
Softcover

By: Betsy Warren

All about the history of Texas. You may color the black and white illustrations if you like.

Paperback

By: Jan Brett

Bo, a young armadillo, mistakes Harmony Jean's new boots for a shiny red armadillo friend and spends the day following her around the rodeo, while his mother and brothers search for him. Beautiful full-color illustrations.

Softcover, 32 pp.

Author: Helen Ketteman
Illustrated by: Will Terry
A blue norther's a-blowing', and Miss Billie Armadilly is hankering to make a pot of chili! Only she needs to fix it all by herself because Tex the tarantula, Mackie the bluebird, and Taffy the horned toad are too busy to lend a hand. Well, she'll eat it all by herself, too! But then the smell of chili cooking in the cold night brings her friends one by one back to Miss Billie's door. What's a lady armadillo to do?

Soft cover

By: Matt Doeden
Illustrated by: Charles Barnett III and Phil Miller

La historia de la batalla famosa como un libro grafico.

Softcover, 32 pp.

By: Betsy Warren

For young readers. Explains the life style of Plains Indian families; how they built their homes, what they wore, and how they cooked. You may color the black and white drawings if you like.

Paperback, 28 pp.

By: Scott Emerson
Illustrated by: Howard Post

William's magic boots can take him anywhere.

Softcover, 32 pp. 1994

By: Matt Doeden
Illustrated by: Charles Barnett III and Phil Miller

The story of the famous battle in an accessible graphic style.

Softcover, 32 pp.

By: Students of Gene Bourgeois and Jesus de la Teja, Department of History at Texas State University

A guidebook for visitors to the five Spanish Missions in San Antonio, including the Alamo, which was originally constructed as Mission San Antonio de Valero. Many photos and maps, both new and historic.

Softcover, 64 pp.

Author: Joan Walsh Anglund
Enter the world of one child's imagination and follow him on his exciting make-believe journey. This brave cowboy knows he has his work cut out for him. As he dresses for the Day's adventures, he remembers to put on his cowboy hat, his boots, and his two-holster belt-things he will need as he and his active imagination take on bandits, rattlesnakes, fair maidens, and whatever else might come his way. Stay with the brave cowboy from the beginning of his day until it's time for him to sleep and have sweet cowboy dreams.

Hardcover

Author: Rita Kerr
The cry of Texas' freedom "Remember the Alamo" has echoed through the years. The legend of the heroic battle has been told and retold many times, many ways. This is the story of the only Anglo-American woman who was there. Susanna Dickinson lived those frightful thirteen days and saw the Texans go down one by one. Among those heroes was her husband, Almeron. Susanna's story is one of courage and strength. It was the message that she carried to General Sam Houston after the fall of the Alamo that fanned the flames of liberty in the hearts of Texas patriots and led to their victory at the battle of San Jacinto.
Softcover 63 pages.

Author Rita Kerr
Texas had many heroes during the struggle for independence from Mexico. Names like Travis, Crockett, Bowie, and Houston are well known to all because they are prominently mentioned in history books. But there were other Texans who performed heroic deeds during the fight for freedom. They are rarely mentioned. One of these heroes was Juan Nepomucena Seguin. This is his story
Softcover 52 pages.