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LRC 480/580: Children's Literature in the Classroom
Section 7
Fall 2003

Facilitator: Judi Moreillon

Southwest Children's Literature Selections for our Southwest Children's Literature Web Site

Please choose a title from this list. Sign-up for that title BEFORE you share it.
If you would like to use a book that's not on this list, consult with the facilitator BEFORE using it for this requirement.

*Can be borrowed from Judi - **Accessible authors who haven't yet been interviewed for the site

These are the titles you have selected.

Alice Nizzy Nazzy by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Tomie dePaola (Putnam, 1993) Candace Doerr

Amadito and Spider Woman by Lisa Bear Goldman, illustrated by Amado Pena (Kiva, 2003) Sarah Bleyl

Armadillo Ray by John Beifuss, illustrated by Peggy Turley (Chronicle, 1995) Krista Griffiths

Best Alphabet Book in the Wild West by Gary and Madeline Bennett, illustrated by Gary Bennett (Arizona Highways, 1999) Jamie Pearson

Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Dyanne Strongbow (Boyds Mills, 1998) Stephanie Gonzales

Correctamundo! Prickly Pete's Guide to Desert Facts & Cactifracts by David Lazaroff, illustrated by Preston Need (Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, 2001)*/** Kelly Trujillo

Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest by Bruce Hiscock (Boyds Mills, 2001) Melissa McIntosh

Coyote Steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale by Janet Stevens (Holiday, 1993) - Chelsea Jarvis

A Day in the Desert by 1st-Grade Students at - Lori Silverstein

Efraín of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard's Life Among the Seri Indians by Amalia Astorga, illustrated by Janet Miller (Cinco Puentes, 2001)* Lana Pascall

Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall (Aladdin, 1986) Susie Straus

The Fire Stealers collected and translated by Ekkehart Malotki, Narrated by Michael Lomatuway'ma, illustrated by Ken Gary (Kiva, 2003) Judi Moreillon

The Flute Player: An Apache Folktale by Michael Lacapa (Northland, 1990) Laura Ricciardelli

Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Sharmot, illustrated by Byron Barton (Macmillan, 1980) - Jackie Weber

Gullywasher Gulch by Marianne Mitchell, illustrated by Norman Cartier (Boyds Mills, 2002)** Jamie Malkiewicz

A Heart Full of Turquoise: Pueblo Indian Tales retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek (Mariposa, 1988)* Michelle Muldowney

Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell, illustrated by Bryan Langdo (Holt, 2002)** Kelsey McCarthy

Lizards for Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Beth Neely and Dan Rantz (Resort Gifts, 1999) - Lisa Martin

Lizards on the Wall by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Betty Schweitzer-Johnson (Harbinger, 1992) - Denee DeLauder

My Name is Jorge on Both Sides of the River: Poems by Jane Medina, illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 1999) - Gustavo Angeles Diaz

Scorpions by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Paula Jansen (Lerner, 1995) - Telisha Harris

Secrets of the Stone by Harriet Peck Taylor (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000) - Xiaolin Lynn Wang

Storm on the Desert by Carolyn Lesser, illustrated by Ted Rand (Harcourt Brace, 1997) - Jackie Ertmann

Tuesday in Arizona by Marian Harris, illustrated by Jim Harris (Pelican, 1998) - Tracy Smith

Welcome to the Sea of Sand by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan (Putnam, 1996) - Jen Erdman

These books will be available for you to browse and/or read

in the Children's Literature Library, Education #534.

Your book choice was due on September 18th.

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