Roadrunner

This book follows a Roadrunner through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves in its desert habitat.

The roadrunner, an icon of the Southwest and one of the most beloved birds of the United States, is also one of the least understood. In The Real Roadrunner, Martha Anne Maxon offers the most thorough

Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly brown and white, long-tailed nemesis of coyote as it darts across roads or perches on a post or branch never too far from the ground. Equally

For everyone who loves the bird we call roadrunner, camino corres, paisano, chaparral. . . . Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly brown and white, long-tailed nemesis of coyote as

Dell Fletcher is the Roadrunner, a black major-league baseball star who seems to have it all. He’s married to his college sweetheart, Leah, and they have two children and a dream home in Los Angeles.

One year after his father's suicide, Carson Long feels cheated. He hates his father for leaving him and his sister, Georgie, alone. He hates him for turning his mother into a young widow who hasn't le

Beep beep! A blur of feathers sprints across the hot desert sand. It skids to a stop, snatches a rattlesnake by the tail, and smashes it against a rock. It's a roadrunner!If your child loves fast, fearless animals, roadrunners are desert superstars. These long-legged birds can sprint up to twenty miles per hour, kill venomous rattlesnakes by whipping them against the ground, and sunbathe with a secret patch of black skin on their backs to warm up on cold mornings. They'd rather run than fly, and they're fast enough to get away with it."The Nature Kid's Guide to Roadrunners" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know how this unusual bird thrives in scorching deserts across the American Southwest. How do they eat rattlesnakes without getting bitten? Why do mated pairs build nests together and share parenting duties? How can they survive without drinking water by absorbing moisture from the lizards and insects they eat? Your child will uncover the answers and want to share th

By day, the lions Patience and Fortitude guard the New York Public Library. But when night falls, they have been known to go on adventures inspired by the books their favorite librarian reads to them.

As Book 2 in Tim Tingle's award-winning How I Became A Ghost Series begins, his family continues the long walk to Indian Territory, and ten-year-old Isaac, our narrator and now a ghost, meets the fame

When an unscrupulous stockbroker took Peggy Doviak’s mother to the cleaners, Peggy did not just get mad—she changed careers. She became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM profes-sional—vowing to ensure t

Discover unexpected images of favorite birds with this collection of dot-to-dot puzzles. Connect the numbered dots to create 30 complex images of a peacock, horned owl, raven, pelican, roadrunner, sho

On the Great Plains, the buffalo has always been known as the Prince of the Prairie, and in 2016, the bison was also named the first National Mammal of the United States. This is a story about a littl

They say a railroad is little more than a community that stretches hundreds of miles in either direction along a thin iron rail -- and gossip travels up and down it like on a telephone party line. So

An Ardmore millionaire killed by his jealous mistress, an iconic western gunslinger shot down in the street, and a prominent doctor whose Valentine’s Day present to his wife was said to be death—those

A family plants an American elm on the Great Plains of Oklahoma just as the capital city is taking root—the little tree grows as Oklahoma City grows until 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, the day America

Born with the gift of painting with the clouds, a little Choctaw girl uses the Oklahoma sky as her canvas to the delight of her people. When a traveling hawker hears about her talent, the Cloud Artist

Long before the trend of canine YouTube stars, Missouri had Jim the Wonder Dog, a Depression Era hunting dog that many believed was either a genius or possessed of clairvoyant skills. Evidence existed

While still a little boy, Alton Carter walked away from his violent, drug- and alcohol-riddled childhood home believing the worst life had to offer was behind him. He was sorely mistaken. After surviv

While still a little boy, Alton Carter walked away from his violent, drug- and alcohol-riddled childhood home believing the worst life had to offer was behind him. He was sorely mistaken. After surviv