Kid's Books with a Texas Setting

Updated October 11, 2024
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Bluebonnet at the Alamo
Casad, Mary Brooke
Paper Book
In her latest Texas adventure, everyone's favorite armadillo visits San Antonio. While at the Alamo, she meets Digger Diller, whose Great Great Grand Diller was there during the famous battle. Digger Diller even has Jim Bowie's knife! Bluebonnet thinks he should donate his family treasure to the...
Bridge to bat city : a mostly true tall tale
Cline, Ernest
Paper Book
A National Bestseller! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats. Includes a beautiful map of Austin...
Hope Springs
Berry, Jaime
Paper Book
Eleven-year-old Jubilee Johnson is an expert at three things: crafting, moving, and avoiding goodbyes. On the search for the "perfect place," she and her Nan live by their Number One Relocation Rule -- just the two of them is all they need. But Jubilee's starting to feel like just two is a...
Hurricane heroes in Texas
Osborne, Mary Pope
Paper Book
Jack and Annie are caught out in the rain in the most dangerous Magic Tree House mission yet! Jack and Annie are on a mission! When the magic tree house whisks them back to Galveston, Texas, in 1900, they find out that a big storm is coming. But even though there is rain and wind...
Jack and the giant barbecue
Kimmel, Eric A.
Paper Book
Jack's late daddy once made the best barbecue in West Texas, until a giant stole his recipe book. Jack is determined to find that greedy old giant and get those recipes back! With a little bit of strength, the help of an unlikely jukebox, and a whole lot of luck, Jack outwits the giant and opens...
The legend of the bluebonnet : an old tale of Texas
DePaola, Tomie
Paper Book
Thick clusters of vivid blue flowers, which resemble old-fashioned sunbonnets, cover the Texas hills in the springtime every year. These lovely wild flowers, known by the name of bluebonnet, are the state flower of Texas.This favorite legend based on Comanche Indian lore, tells the story of how the...
Santa is coming to Texas
Smallman, Steve
Paper Book
It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: *Texas State Capitol, Austin *Alamo Mission, San Antonio *Reunion Tower, Dallas *Space Center, Houston ...
The secret language of birds
Kelly, Lynne
Paper Book
An instant USA Today bestseller! From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a girl who discovers a pair of endangered birds about to lay eggs in the marshes of her summer camp...and the secret plan she hatches to help them.
Texas
Tieck, Sarah
Paper Book
Explore Texas in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers learn about the state's history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A Tour Book spread highlights kid...
Texas : a nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #30: Hurricane heroes in Texas
Osborne, Mary Pope
Ebook
Track the facts about the Alamo, the Galveston hurricane, and the great state of Texas! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #30: Hurricane Heroes in Texas, they had lots of questions. Why is Texas called the Lone Star State? What was the...
Texas grit
Dahlstrom, S. J.
Paper Book
"If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too."--John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog "I am a big fan of this series. Last fall I included The Elk Hunt in my list of favorite books of 2013, and Texas Grit is every bit as insightful and...
Texas history for kids : Lone Star lives and legends, with 21 activities
Gibson, Karen Bush
Paper Book
The larger-than-life story of the Lone Star State Encapsulating the 500-year saga of the one-of-a-kind state of Texas, this interactive book takes readers from the founding of the Spanish Missions and the victory at San Jacinto to the Great Storm that destroyed Galveston and the...
When clouds touch us
La?i, Thanhha?
Paper Book
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award finalist! Inspired by the author's own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, the sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two years after Hà and her family arrive in Alabama as refugees from the Việt Nam War....

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