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Where Bigfoot walks: crossing the dark divide
Par Robert Michael Pyle. 2018
A nature writer searches for evidence of Bigfoot, the humanoid creature said to roam the remote forests. He spends time…
in the Dark Divide region near Mount St. Helens, interviewing other Bigfoot hunters. Includes a chapter written in 2017 about new developments in the search. Some strong language. 1995The hero: a study in tradition, myth, and drama
Par Lord Raglan, Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan, Raglan. 2003
Analysis of mythology, folklore, and drama to derive a set of twenty-two motifs that characterize the qualities and actions of…
heroic figures in traditional and literary narrative. Disputes the historical actuality often claimed for many traditional heroes, including Robin Hood, King Arthur, and the warriors at Troy. 1936Guys read: True stories (Guys Read #5)
Par Jim Murphy, Jon Scieszka, Douglas Florian, Sy Montgomery, Candace Fleming, Elizabeth Partridge, Nathan Hale, Steve Sheinkin, James Sturm, T. Edward Nickens, Thanhhà Lai. 2014
Award-winning authors and journalists provide a collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more--all geared to males. In "Sahara Shipwreck," author…
Steve Sheinkin tells the true story of capture, enslavement in the desert, and urine consumption in order to survive. For grades 5-8. 2014The great Alaska adventure!: Junior Explorer Series Book 2
Par Jeff Corwin. 2010
Nine-year-old Benjamin and his younger sister Lucy join their parents on a weeklong research trip to Alaska. Benjamin observes the…
effects of climate change on glaciers and animals in a report for his school in Florida. For grades 2-4. 2010Full moon lore
Par Ellen Wahi, Ashley Stewart. 2017
Night of the twisters
Par Ivy Ruckman. 1984
Child of the Holy Ghost (The Basque series)
Par Robert Laxalt. 1992
In this volume of the Basque family trilogy, Laxalt lifts the veil concealing the subtle cruelties of the fierce guardians…
of private scandal, the villagers who will keep from the world what is dear to them. Strong languageBlueberry summers: growing up at the lake
Par Curtiss Anderson. 2008
In this classic story of a midwestern boyhood, Curtiss Anderson takes readers into the colorful lives of his robust Norwegian…
family and their wonderfully familiar summerscape in northern Minnesota: the lake place. Sweet childhood reminiscences comprise this coming-of-age memoir set in the poignant summers of the 1930s and '40sToad weather
Par Sandra Markle, Thomas Gonzalez. 2015
On a rainy day, Ally's mom asks her to come outside where, amidst the oil slicks, dripping awnings, and splashing…
cars, they find a toad migration taking place. For preschool-grade 2Arrow to Alaska: a Pacific Northwest adventure
Par Hannah Viano. 2015
Arrow, a young boy who lives in Seattle, goes on an adventure to visit his grandfather in Alaska aboard Aunt…
Kelly's salmon boat. He spends time with Grampy on his float house in Alaska, then returns to Seattle on a friend's seaplane. For grades K-3Questpedition for da yooper stone!: Questpedition for Da Yooper Stone
Par Lori Taylor. 2015
Explorer Holly Wild and her team are followed by secrets, legends, and a mysterious story teller as they travel east…
across Michigan's U.P. Holly is on a quest for the stone that will help her face the rocky changes awaiting her in middle school. Sequel to Holly Wild : Packing for the Porkies (DBC05946). For grades 2-4Holly Wild: packing for the Porkies
Par Lori Taylor. 2013
Ten-year old explorer, Holly Wild, travels with her Team to Upper Peninsula home of her Wild relatives and Michigan's largest…
state park, the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness. Holly learns about teamwork and survival in the Wilderness in order to survive family foes, foibles, and an encounter with the forest folk legend Bigfoot. Sequel to Holly Wild : Let Sleeping Bear Dunes Lie (DBC05877). For grades 2-4. 2013Dogs don't look both ways: a primer on unintended consequences
Par Jane Hanser. 2014
The disappearing island
Par Ted Lewin, Corinne Demas. 2000
In this sunny and evocative book, an eight-year-old and her grandmother explore an island off the coast of Cape Cod…
that was once full of people but now only appears during low tide. For grades 2-4Five roads taken: a true story told by the kids to Tom Gleason
Par Tom Gleason. 2001
Each of John Howard Wilson's five adult children remembers his death and the experience of losing their father. As each…
shares very personal moments, the reader steps inside a family's life and explores the profound bonds between father and childPeril on Long's Peak: Rocky Mountain National Park (Adventures with the Parkers #8)
Par Mike Graf, Marjorie Leggitt. 2012
In the seventh book in the Adventure with the Parkers series, the family heads to Colorado to visit the high…
peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. When the snow clears, the park's many famous sights are on display: Trail Ridge Road, spectacular wildflowers, elk, waterfalls, and unique alpine tundra. The family's big adventure is a hike up Longs Peak, a Colorado "fourteener." But afternoon storms begin to pelt the family during their training hikes, and they begin to question the wisdom of a nighttime summit ascent. Award winner. For grades 5-8Secrets of the Sequoias: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Par Mike Graf, Joyce Turley. 2016
Tag along with the Parkers - twins James and Morgan and their parents - and learn all about sequoias as…
they hike among the giant trees, explore dark caves, scramble up huge granite domes, and cool off in the spray from amazing waterfalls. They even climb to the top of 14,494-foot Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower forty-eight states. There's a new adventure at every turn, from encountering black bears to meeting an old man who lives in a giant log. For grades 3-6My brother's keeper
Par ReShonda Tate Billingsley. 2005
Twelve years after losing her parents, Aja James is tired of worrying about her siblings' problems: Eric's uncontrollable rage and…
Jada's impenetrable silence. Meanwhile Aja's best friend, Roxie, fixes her up with sexy bachelor Charles Clayton. Strong language. 2001Wishing on the midnight star: my Asperger brother
Par Nancy Ogaz. 2004
Shy, thirteen-year-old Alex Stone wants to impress his classmate Brianna Santos, avoid the neighborhood bully, and be a normal teenager,…
but he has to watch over Nic, his older, autistic brother. That complicates everything until he realizes how much he loves Nic. For grades 5-8. 2004No go the bogeyman: scaring, lulling, and making mock
Par Marina Warner. 1999
Examines art, folktales, and myths for themes of terror usually manifest in male figures such as bogeys, giants, ogres, and…
cannibals. Develops into "a cultural exploration of fear, its vehicles, and its ambiguous charge of pleasure and pain." Spans material dating from ancient Greece to modern Hollywood. 1998