Outlines lesson plans for third through sixth grade classes on the major regions of the world, recommends related fiction, and offers ideas for projects.
This compilation of essays features outstanding writing by the best and best-known authors published by the Colorado Historical Society over the course of its history.
Presents a comprehensive overview of the Western state, covering such topics as its national parks, rivers, wildlife, plants, cities, explorers, Native Americans, and the mining, railroading, farming,
Contains over forty nature activities that are safe for both children and nature, ranging from learning to whistle for woodchucks to calculating the height of a waterfall
Parents, teachers and Children will delight in these magical stories that promote responsible stewardship toward all living things. With original illustrations by Mohawk artists John Kahionhes Fadden
Lifelong gardener Jane Shellenberger brings us this comprehensive, hands-on guide to growing organic produce in the Rocky Mountain and western region, including Colorado, parts of New Mexico, Arizona,
Mary Taylor Young's latest field guide will help you discover and learn more about Colorado's native mammals. Covering 128 species, this guide explores mammals through detailed descriptions, full-colo
Melting glaciers. Pine beetle infestation. Drought. Carbon footprints. Green jobs and promises of a new energy economy. . . . When the venerable Aspen Skiing Company starts talking about the "death o
This landmark publication features the first seventy-four plants promoted by Plant Select, a unique collaborative venture aimed at identifying and distributing the best plants for the Rocky Mountain
Environmentalist Laurie David explains why global warming is the most urgent issue facing our planet. Newly revised and updated, Stop Global Warming turns headlines into action, providing testimony o
The new sport of geocaching involves the use of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to find hidden "treasures" called geocaches. Dyer (International Map Trade Association) invites beginners and
The Roaches (both are experienced mountaineers) have compiled a detailed, first-hand guide to climbing Colorado's 13,000-foot mountains, with photos, topographic maps, a discussion about safety and th
Prepare yourself to be captivated by the stories and experiences of more than ninety recipients of our nation's highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.Their words on patriotism, spirituality
"An inspiring story."?Ken Salazar, United States Secretary of the InteriorA poignant and inspirational memoir of one family's emigration from Cuba to the United States during the harsh political times
Thinking in Indian: A John Mohawk Reader presents the Native perception of philosopher-thinker-activist John Mohawk (Sotsisowah). An elder of the Seneca Nation and a deeply rooted Haudenosaunce (Iroqu
Visions for the Future celebrates contemporary Native American artists and shares their unique views on the twenty-first century. These provocative works capture the vivid emergence taking shape in t
Book lovers will enjoy Raabe's outrageous ploys and solutions to excessive book acquisition mingled among the true accounts of famous bibliophiles. His book parodies the self-help genre; fellow suffe
Forty-five words guarantee every U.S. citizen five essential freedoms - the right to free religious practice, free speech, free press, peaceable assembly, and freedom to petition the government for a
An illustrated companion map for Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, which follows the zany travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils.
When Frederick Law Olmsted entered a contest to design the nation's first city park, his winning design became New York's Central Park and forever changed our nation's cities. Using historic photograp
Pioneering plantswoman, garden designer, and author Lauren Springer Ogden disproves the adage, "You can't improve on a classic." Her gorgeous new edition of this best-selling book includes:375 new ful
Started by Italian brothers from North Denver, the high-profile Smaldone crime syndicate began in the bootlegging days of the 1920s and flourished into the 1980s. Connected to notorious crime figures,
Lacy the lounging lizard loves lace, luxury, and life with Luciano the laughing languor.In this animal-centered alphabet book, an adventure lurks on every page. Weaving together fun wordplay with exqu
In this salient critique of the American media, veteran journalist Tom Fenton exposes the dangerous failings of our news organizations and the fundamental problems with how they present world news. Ju
“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.”—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Marquis de Lafayette, 1790Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence and
Moore has created a hybrid anthology, part literary impressions and part reportage. She asked women all over the world to record their emotions, experiences or reactions to war. The response returned
How can signs make exhibits accessible to everyone? When is a descriptive sign an impediment rather than an aid to learning? The authors, all academics specializing in tourism and related communicatio
This riveting memoir follows the exploits of four Americans and ten Latvians on a white-knuckled trip down the Bashkaus River, one of the hardest whitewater runs in all of Siberia.
Through stunning color images of habitat dioramas and fossils, curators at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (the book's co-publisher) introduce dinosaur lovers to the creatures of their affec
Emphasizing intuition rather than rules, Raff, a garden designer and long-time volunteer at the renowned Denver Botanical Garden, writes an inspiring guide to gardening in the West, covering design an
Despite the voluminous literature on the famous trans-continental trek of 1804-06, Paton, a retired cardiac surgeon and wilderness medicine specialist, has seen only one study of its medical aspects,
Via Allen's anti-Hollywood zingers, radio scripts, and other writings, a New York author-illustrator celebrates this popular US humorist of radio's golden age eclipsed by peers who made the transition
Started by Italian brothers from North Denver, the high-profile Smaldone crime syndicate began in the bootlegging days of the 1920s and flourished well into the late twentieth century. Connected to su
“A lovely story that children are sure to identify with and that parents will be cajoled into rereading endlessly.”—Norton Juster, author of The Phantom TollboothWritten by New York Times best-selling
John Adams—second president of the United States and one of the great figures in American history—was a remarkable, outspoken political philosopher with ideas reaching far beyond his time. This superb
Ranging from 1876 to the present day, a illuminating compendium of short biographies profiles the lives and accomplishments of fifteen Colorado governors in context to the time period in which they se
