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A
Abuelita's Heart by Amy Córdova
Agave Blooms Just Once by Gisela
Jernigan, illustrated by E. Wesley Jernigan**
Alejandro's Gift
by Richard E. Albert, illustrated by Sylvia Long
Alice Nizzy Nazzy by Tony Johnston,
illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Alice Yazzie's Year by Ramona
Maher, illustrated by Shonto Begay**
Amadito and Spider Woman by Lisa
Bear Goldman, illustrated by Amado M. Peña, Jr.**
Armadillo Ray by John Beifuss,
illustrated by Peggy Turley**
Another Tortoise and a Different Hare
by Judith Cole, illustrated by Anke Van Dun
Antelope Woman by Michael Lacapa**
Arizona A to Z by Dorothy Hines
Weaver, illustrated by Kay Wacker
Arizona Alphabet Book by Donna
Dee Schmid -Belk, illustrated by Michael Ives**
Armadilly Chili
by Helen Kettleman, illustrated by Will Terry**
B
Baby Learns About Time by Jessie
Ruffenach, translated by Peter A. Thomas, and illustrated by Beverly
Blacksheep New!
Baby Rattlesnake told by Te Ata,
adapted by Lynn Moroney, illustrated by Mira Reisberg
Becoming Naomi León by
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Best Alphabet Book in the Wild West
by Gary and Madeline Bennett, illustrated by Gary Bennett
Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley,
illustrated by Dyanne Strongbow
The Big Wander by Will Hobbs
Billy the Kid
by Theodore Taylor
The Bootmaker and the Elves by
Susan Lowell, illustrated by Tom Curry
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna
Aardema, illustrated by Petra Mathers**
Bubba, The Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas
Tale by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by James Warhola** New!
Building a Bridge by Lisa Shook
Begay, illustrated by Libba Tracey
Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band
by Tony Hillerman, illustrated by Ernest Franklin
C
Cactus Café: A Story of the Sonoran
Desert by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illustrated by Paul
Mirocha
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson,
illustrated by Megan Lloyd**
Cactus Poems by Frank Asch, illustrated
Ted Levin
Canyons by Gary Paulsen
Carlos and the Carnival/Carlos y la feria
by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne Arnold
Carlos and the Cornfield/Carlos y la milpa
de maíz by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne
Arnold
Carlos and the Skunk/Carlos y el zorrillo
by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne Arnold
Carlos and the Squash Plant/Carlos y la planta
de calabaza by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne
Arnold**
Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds,
illustrated by Paulette Bogan**
Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella
by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jane Manning**
Clarence and the Great Surprise
by Jean Ekman Adams**
Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple
Horse by Jean Ekman Adams**
Clementina's Cactus by Ezra
Jack Keats**
Confetti: Poems for Children by
Pat Mora, illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez**
Correctamundo! Prickly Pete's Guide to Desert
Facts & Cactifracts by David Lazaroff, illustrated by Preston
Need
Counting Arizona's Treasures by
Terri Fields, photographs by Tony Marinella**
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the Southwest
by Gerald McDermott
Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest
by Bruce Hiscock**
Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies
by Harriet Peck Taylor**
Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes,
illustrated by Ronald Himler
Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet
Peck Taylor
Coyote Raid in Cactus Canyon
by Jim Arnosky
Coyote School News by Joan Sandin**
Coyote Steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale
by Janet Stevens
Coyote Walks on Two Legs by Gerald
Hausman, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
The Crossing
by Gary Paulsen
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
D
A Day in the Desert by 1st-Grade
Students at Robert Taylor Elementary School
The Day It Snowed Tortillas by
Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek
Delicious Hullabaloo/Pachanga deliciosa by
Pat Mora, illustrated by Francisco X. Mora**
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
by Barbara Bash
A Desert Scrapbook by Virginia
Wright-Fierson
Desert Song by Tony Johnston,
illustrated by Ed Young
Desert Trip by Barbara Steiner,
illustrated by Ron Himler**
Desert Voices by Byrd Baylor,
illustrated by Peter Parnall**
Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale
by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Barbara Bash**
Don't Call Me Pig: A Javelina Story
by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Beth Neely and Dan Rantz
Don't Ever Cross That Road! An Armadillo Story
by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Nathaniel P. Jensen**
Doesn't Fall Off His Horse by
Virginia Stroud
Downriver by Will Hobbs
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears
by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Randy Cecil**
Dzání Yázhí Naazbaa':
Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home written and translated
by Evageline Parsons Yazzie, illustrated by Irving Toddy**
E
Efraín of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard's Life
Among the Seri Indians by Amalia Astorga, illustrated by
Janet Miller**
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz
Ryan
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd
Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
F
Festival of the Bones/El festival de las calaveras:
The Little-Bitty Book for Day of the Dead by Luis San Vicente,
translation by John William Byrd & Bobby Byrd**
The Fire Stealers collected and
translated by Ekkehart Malotki, Narrated by Michael Lomatuway'ma, illustrated
by Ken Gary**
The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story
by Rudolfo Anaya, illustrated by Amy Córdova, and translated
into Spanish by Enrique R. Lamadrid**
The Flute Player: An Apache Folktale
by Michael Lacapa
Forbidden Talent story and illustrations
by Redwing T. Nez, as told to Kathryn Wilder**
G
Gathering the Sun by Alma Flor
Ada, illustrated by Simón Silva
Ghost Fever/Mal de fantasma by
Joe Hayes
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
by Marjorie Sharmot, illustrated by Byron Barton
The Goat in the Rug by Geraldine
as told to Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow
Parker
Grand Canyon: Exploring a Natural Wonder
by Wendell Minor**
The Gullywasher/El chaparrón torrencial
by Joyce Rossi
Gullywasher Gulch by Marianne
Mitchell, illustrated by Normand Cartier
The Gum Chewing Rattler by Joe
Hayes, illustrated by Antonio Castro L.
H
A Heart Full of Turquoise: Pueblo Indian Tales
retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek
Hole in the Sky by Pete Hautman
The House of the Scorpion by
Nancy Farmer
How Jackrabbit Got His Very Long Ears
by Heather Irbinskas, illustrated Kenneth J. Spengler
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo
Legend by Jerrie Oughton, illustrated by Lisa Desimini**
How the Sun Was Born/Como el sol nació
by Third-Grade Art Students at Drexel Elementary School, Tucson,
Arizona**
I
I Howl, I Growl by Marcia Vaughan,
illustrated by Polly Powell**
If I Had a Tail by Karen Clemens
Warrick, illustrated by Sherry Neidigh**
I'm In Charge of Celebrations by
Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
It Rained on the Desert Today
by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libba Tracy**
J
Jalapeño Bagels by Natasha Wing,
illustrated by Robert Casilla**
Josefina Javelina by Susan Lowell,
illustrated by McPherson**
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting
Book by Yuyi Morales
K
Kinaaldá: A Navajo Girl Grows Up
by Monty Roessel
Kissing Coyotes by Marcia Vaughn,
illustrated by Kenneth Spengler**
L
The Last Snake Runner by Kimberley
Griffiths Little
Less Than Half, More Than Whole
by Kathleen and Michael Lacapa, illustrated by Michael Lacapa**
Life in the Slow Lane: A Desert Tortoise Tale
by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Nathaniel P. Jensen
Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro: A Cinderella
Cuento retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Gloria Osuna
Perez
and Lucia Angela Perez** New!
Little Red Cowboy Hat by
Susan Lowell, illustrated by Randy Cecil
Listen to the Desert/Oye al desierto
by Pat Mora, illustrated by Francisco X. Mora**
Lizards for Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale
by Conrad Storad, illustrated by Beth Neely and Dan Rantz**
Lizards on the Wall by
Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Betty Schweitzer-Johnson**
Lost by Paul Brett Johnson and
Celeste Lewis, illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
M
The Magic Hummingbird by Ekkehart
Malotki, illustrated by Michael Lacapa
The Magic of Spider Woman by Lois
Duncan, illustrated by Shonto Begay**
Maya Moon/Doña luna by Marianne
Mitchell, illustrated by John Martinez
The Maze by Will Hobbs
Mi primer libro de dichos/My First Book of
Proverbs by Ralfka Gonzalez and Ana Cruz**
Monster Birds: A Navajo Folktale
retold by Vee Brown, illustrated by Shonto Begay
Moon Song by Byrd Baylor, illustrated
by Ronald Himler**
My Name is Jorge on Both Sides of the River:
Poems in English and Spanish by Jane Medina, illustrated
by Fabricio Vanden Broeck**
My Nana's Remedies/Los remedios de mi nana
by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, illustrated by Edna San Miguel**
N
Navajo: Voices and Vision Across the Mesa
by Shonto Begay**
The New Engine/La máquina nueva
by Carlos Encinas
The Night the Grandfathers Danced
by Linda Theresa Raczek, illustrated by Katalin Olah Ehling
No Way, José! ¡De ninguna manera,
José! by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek
O
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd
Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
P
Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the
Dead by George Ancona**
The Piñata Quilt
by Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli **
The Pot that Juan Built
by Nancy Andrews-Goebel, illustrated by David Diaz**
R
Rattlesnake Dance by Jim Arnosky**
Roadrunner's Dance by Rudolfo
Anaya, illustrated by David Diaz
Runs with Horses by Brian Burks
S
The Same Sun Was in the Sky by
Denise Webb, illustrated by Walter Porter**
Scorpions by Conrad Storad, illustrated
by Paula Jansen
The Seed and the Giant Saguaro
by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Mike Rangner**
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Ashley Wolff **
Sing Down the Rain by Judi Moreillon,
illustrated by Michael Chiago
Soft Child: How Rattlesnake Got Its Fangs
retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Kay Sather
Songs of Shiprock Fair by Luci
Tapahonso, illustrated by Anthony Chee Emerson
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Storm on the Desert by Carolyn
Lesser, illustrated by Ted Rand**
Sunpainters: Eclipse of the Navajo Sun
by Baje Whitethorne
T
The Table Where Rich People Sit
by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote/El cuento del
conejo y el coyote by Tony Johnston, illustratred by Tomie
dePaola**
That's Good! That's Bad! in the Grand Canyon
by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by David Catrow**
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Gray**
This House is Made of Mud/Está casa
está hecha de lodo by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by
Libba Tracy
The Three Little Javelinas /Los tres pequeños
jabalíes by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris
The Three Sedonas by Lisa Schnebly
Heidinger, illustrated by Trevor Swanson
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen,
illustrated by Kadir Nelson**
The Tortilla Quilt by Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli**
The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit by
Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris**
The Treasure of Ghostwood Gully: A Soutwest
Mystery by Marcia Vaughan, illustrated by Will Terry**
Tuesday in Arizona by Marian Harris,
illustrated by Jim Harris (Pelican, 1998)**
Two Cool Coyotes by Jillian Lund**
U
The Unbreakable Code
by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner**
W
Walker of Time by Helen Hughes
Vick
Walks in Beauty by Hazel Krantz
Watching Desert Wildlife by Jim
Arnosky**
Way Out in the Desert by T.J.
Marsh and Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Kenneth J. Spengler
Way Out West Lives a Coyote Named Frank
by Jillian Lund**
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Welcome to the Sea of Sand by
Jane Yolen
When Clay Sings by
Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Tom Bahti
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun/La
mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol by Rosalma
Zubizarreta, Harriet Rohmer, and David Schecter, from a poem by Alejandro
Cruz Martinez, illustrated by Fernando Olivera**
Y
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué
Rico! America's Sproutings by Pat Mora, illustrated by Rafael
López
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