The Girls in My Town

The Girls in My Town
Author: Angela Morales
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 082635663X

The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother’s childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents’ appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mornings. She remembers fighting for equal rights for girls as a sixth grader, calling the cops when her parents fought, and listening with her mother to Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman,” the soundtrack of her parents’ divorce. Poignant, serious, and funny, Morales’s book is both a coming-of-age story and an exploration of how a writer discovers her voice.

Men in My Town

Men in My Town
Author: Keith Smith
Publisher: Men in My Town
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2009-03-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1439226253

The story of the abduction, beating, and rape of a teenage boy, followed by the unsolved brutal murder of his assailant, is now a moving novel written by the man who survived this vicious attack.

My Hometown

My Hometown
Author: Russell Griesmer
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2016-07
Genre:
ISBN: 147955880X

Experience small-town life and American history with this nearly wordless picture book.

My Town

My Town
Author: Delphine Doreau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781926973784

My Town contains a mini-community for readers to build ? bringing new meaning to the term "pop-up store!" Unlike typical "paper doll" books that focus on fashion, My Town is full of perforated buildings and animals ready to be popped out, decorated, and played with by children. Buildings range from various styles of houses to all kinds of boutique storefronts. Set up shop as a baker, a florist, a grocer, a bookseller, or an auto mechanic ? there's a store to match every reader's special interest. Dozens of animal characters can be added to the scene and some can be colored in, too. A sturdy fold-out map at the back of the book gives readers a place to arrange their community. Plus, My Town creator Delphine Doreau has prepared a number of free downloads for readers to print, color, and use to expand their towns (address included in book). Instructions are warm and simple and read more like a story than like step-by-step directions, so children will be engaged in reading while they craft. And once completed, the miniature village will complement playtime with beloved toys perfectly ? add cars, stuffed animals, and more!

My Town

My Town
Author: Rebecca Treays
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1998
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 9780746030660

Treays looks at life in a town through the e yes of Ted, a young boy, and introduces the basic concepts o f human and social geography. Fold-out pages reveal cross-se ctions of buildings, and help to encourage map-reading skill s '

All Through My Town

All Through My Town
Author: Jean Reidy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619632748

Rising, waking Bread is baking School bus honks its horn Who are the people in your neighborhood? Perfect for the pre-K set, this adorable rhyming text takes a walking tour of your community. The fresh modern art of Leo Timmers features hidden details and a perennial theme reminiscent of Richard Scarry. Little ones will beg to re-read again as they discover the characters who repeat throughout the art in this sweet and vibrant story.

All Through My Town

All Through My Town
Author: Jean Reidy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-02-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619635623

Rising, waking Bread is baking School bus honks its horn Who are the people in your neighborhood? Perfect for the pre-K set, this adorable rhyming text takes a walking tour of your community. The fresh modern art of Leo Timmers features hidden details and a perennial theme reminiscent of Richard Scarry. Little ones will beg to re-read again as they discover the characters who repeat throughout the art in this sweet and vibrant story.

Disobedience

Disobedience
Author: Jane Hamilton
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2002-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385721757

Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.

Community and Environment

Community and Environment
Author: Connie Jo Smith
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 160554244X

Activities to help children develop sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves and the world around them.

The Texas Badge

The Texas Badge
Author: Dusty Richards
Publisher: Oghma Creative Media
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-12-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1633731480

The bloodiest crime in Texas history, and only one man has the guts to solve it. Bank robbery. Jailbreak. massacre. Alone, any one of them would send good folks reeling. But when all three occur in the same night in the same small South Texas town leaving no eyewitnesses behind, it could be the end of the world. Saddler County Sheriff Dell Hoffman is charged with bringing the perpetrators of these horrific crimes to justice, but even the toughest and most cunning lawman in Texas has his limits. With nothing to go on but five bloody bodies, a cracked safe, and an empty jail, Dell works the fringes of his sleepy little western town—among the forgotten, the invisible, and those who often see without being seen. The more he learns, though, the more he wishes he could forget. In search of the truth, Dell finds himself pulled into a dark world of murder, deception, and brutality the likes of which he never imagined. Striking out on his own across the vast Texan prairie, he risks it all in search of justice. Will he solve the most heinous crime in Texas history? Or will Dell's drive for justice lead him to an even greater tragedy for both himself and those he cares for most?