Children's Books

Specializing in Big Bend regional and southwestern tales of cowboys, cowgirls, animals, legend and history. Age ranges 0-16.



Addled Albert: His Trip Through Nursery Storyland

Addled Albert: His Trip Through Nursery Storyland

By Anthony, Allen
Price: $10.95


Recommended for reading to children aged 6-8 who are familiar with the well-known nursery stories. An engaging and interactive exercise that will...more info

Charles Goodnight, Pioneer Cowman

Charles Goodnight, Pioneer Cowman

By O'Rear, Sybil J.
Price: $13.95


Charles Goodnight blazed new cattle trails, and established the first ranch in the Texas Panhandle.This juvenile level biography is on many...more info

Creepy Critters of the Southwest

Creepy Critters of the Southwest

By Gordon, David George
Price: $3.95


What counts as creepy? Is it something that slithers? Or is it something that sneaks? This book introduces the creepier southwestern critters to...more info

Fairy and the Chupacabra and Those Marfa Lights: A West Texa

Fairy and the Chupacabra and Those Marfa Lights: A West Texa

By Mangum, James A.; Spires, Sidney
Price: $17.95


The de Veras fairy clan lives in the Glass Mountains near the village of Marathon, Texas. Javier, a fairy prince, decides to travel to town by...more info

Little Critters of the Southwest

Little Critters of the Southwest

By Gustafson, Sarah
Price: $3.95


This small guide is aimed at introducing 7 to 11 year olds to some of the wonderful wildlife of the southwest, including javelinas, bobcats and...more info

Lone Star Heroes 2: On the Pecos Trail

Lone Star Heroes 2: On the Pecos Trail

By Dearen, Patrick
Price: $8.95


ven-year-old Fish Rawlings has always wanted to be a cowboy. Now, in the spring of 1868, he has his chance. His uncle is driving a cattle herd across...more info

Lone Star Heroes 3: Hidden Treasure of the Chisos

Lone Star Heroes 3: Hidden Treasure of the Chisos

By Dearen, Patrick
Price: $8.95


The Big Bend of Texas is a mysterious place in 1869. Legend has it that there's a lost gold mine in the Chisos Mountains. Twelve-year-old Fish...more info

Night of the Grasshopper Mouse

Night of the Grasshopper Mouse

By Ruggia, Chris
Price: $4.00


Alpine-based cartoonist Chris Ruggia has published his natural history comedy adventure comic, Jack: Adventures in Texas' Big Bend , for several...more info

Treasure of Panther Peak

Treasure of Panther Peak

By Henderson, Aileen Kilgore
Price: $6.95


A mother and daughter start a new life in the canyonlands of Texas in this novel filled with mystery, realistic family situations, and touches of...more info

When the Sky Rained Dust

When the Sky Rained Dust

By Dearen, Patrick
Price: $12.95


Fourteen-year-old Josh and his friend Shan are facing hard times on their families' farms in Central Texas in 1934. It's the days of the Dust Bowl...more info


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Alpine, Texas 79830
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Marathon, Texas 79842
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