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To Del Mar with Love, Chiquita is a memoir of the fascinating life of an outstanding public citizen and the Southern California town she helped to grow. This book tells some of her favorite stories of her life, from her childhood in Monrovia, California in the 1930s, the daughter of a widowed mother with a third-grade education and no job experience, through her move to Del Mar with her husband and two young sons in the 1950s, and her developm...

Callum Takes Swimming Lessons is a treasure for any young child learning to swim, and a gentle guide for parents who want to help their children learn and keep them safe in the pool. At the beginning of this heartwarming story about a child's first season of swimming lessons, Callum's swim teacher, Miss Marcia, earns his trust and draws on his natural curiosity and imagination to help him feel comfortable in the water. Callum has a lot of fu...

Wow! I didn't know that!Appealing to divers, snorkelers, and armchair travelers, author Chuck Weikert surprises readers with every page turn. Easily accessible and richly illustrated, Coral Reef Curiosities: Intrigue, Deception and Wonder on the Reef and Beyond chronicles the secret lives of coral reef animals. This lively book also reveals this diverse ecosystem's connections with humankind, as expressed in art, science and literature.The boo...

A menudo, cuando miramos un paisaje desértico, vemos sólo una imagen fija de las plantas y animales que viven ahí. ¿Pero qué veríamos si observáramos por un periodo suficientemente largo los cambios dramáticos que suceden con el tiempo en este dinámico ecosistema?Este pequeño libro cuenta la fascinante historia de la vida en el desierto vista a través de los ojos de Renaldo, una tortuga del Desierto Sonorense que ha observado por muchos años e...

Like the most endearing books for young children, this one is about love - and fun, and adventure (but not so much that it couldn't be read at bedtime) and a little magic. This story of affection and kindness shared by grandmother and granddaughter will warm the hearts of children, parents and grandparents alike. Lila peeked out the window one more time, just as Grammy came strolling up the sidewalk wearing a brand-new hat… Come along as the h...

Often when we look at a desert landscape, we see only today's "snapshot" of the plants and animals that live there. But what would we see if we took a much longer look - long enough to see the dramatic changes that happen over time in this dynamic ecosystem?This friendly book tells the fascinating story of life in the desert as seen through the eyes of Renaldo, a Sonoran desert tortoise who has observed the weather, plants and animals in the h...

It's moving day. After a long morning of chores and unpacking, Jorge and his family - brother, sisters, mom and dad, and grandparents - have eaten a quick lunch, then gone back to emptying boxes. Soon Jorge is ready for a cookie break. But where is the cookie jar? Jorge and the family cat set out to find this family treasure, and the cookies he hopes it contains. Checking with family members one by one, he conducts a thorough search of the new...

It was the winter of 1937-'38. World War II was brewing. At a remote duty station on Kanaga Island, Alaska, in the middle of the Aleutian chain, eight men were engaged in a U. S. Navy mission whose aim was secret even from them.The medic, Chief Pharmacist's Mate Royse Gibson, had little to do - no one in the small contingent got sick, no one was injured. There wouldn't be a mail boat for months. So Gibson kept a diary in the form of letters to...

Some inventions are such a familiar part of our everyday lives that we may never stop to think about where they came from or who invented them. Botts's Dots: Not Just a Bump in the Road is the first book in the Who Invented That? series about just such inventions. Dr. Elbert Dysart Botts was a hero of the modern era. In the 1950s he worked as an engineer at a division of California's Highway Transportation Agency later called Caltrans. To impr...

Often when we look at a desert landscape, we see only today's "snapshot" of the plants and animals that live there. But what would we see if we took a much longer look - long enough to see the dramatic changes that happen over time in this dynamic ecosystem?This friendly little book tells the fascinating story of life in the desert as seen through the eyes of Renaldo, a Sonoran desert tortoise who has observed the weather, plants and animals i...

It's moving day. After a long morning of chores and unpacking, Jorge and his family - brother, sisters, mom and dad, and grandparents - have eaten a quick lunch, then gone back to emptying boxes. Soon Jorge is ready for a cookie break. But where is the cookie jar? Jorge sets out to find this family treasure, and the cookies he hopes it contains. Checking with family members one by one, he conducts a thorough search of the new house. Jorge fina...

Juliana Maxey-Allison's easy style makes this "bite-aize" California tale very readable and entertaining.In the mid-1880s Jacob Taylor sized up the scrappy brush-covered site known then as Weed, and gambled that trains would bring people to this spot on the San Diego County coast of California. He envisioned an extravagant tourist destination, then built it, and awaited the new arrivals. The house at 227 Tenth Street was part of Taylor's dream...

In Max and the Lowrider Car, author Tonton Jim has created a story to be enjoyed by kids and grownups also, especially reading together. The humor ranges from tongue-in-cheek wordplay to fairly hilarious silliness. Charming and colorful pencil-and-watercolor illustrations by E. Felix Lyon help bring Jim's memorable characters to life. In the town of Hound's Glenn, the inhabitants are dogs and wolves. The kids can be kids, the teenagers are ......

Enjoy a walk with Little Tank, the curious basset puppy, and his dachshund buddy Topo. Looking for adventure and new friends, the puppies meet the people who live and work in their neighborhood, but no dogs. Then at the end of the walk, they find a wonderful surprise. Dog lovers of all ages will recognize their own canine pals in these two lively puppies. The story is told in rhyme, with bright watercolor illustrations on every page, including...

Dog lovers of all ages will recognize their canine pals in these three lively, happy tales told in rhyme. What's causing the clutter on Tank's turf? Will feisty Fluffy fend off the big blue beast? Why are Rocky and Ready shirking their work? Children will love these appealing characters, the "maps" of their wanderings, and their human and animal friends who live in the neighborhood - find Fluffy's cat and squirrel, Tank's bunny, and Rocky and ...

The four canine friends from Hound's Glenn - Max, Theena, Edgar, and NicNac - are back! They're enjoying Summer Science Camp, taught by their favorite teacher, Ms. Chienne, when Edgar's big brother, Harold, comes up with a surprising plan. The most cautious and responsible driver in town, Harold suddenly decides to invent a new kind of racing car. He wants to take it to All Critters City for the big race and auto show. Unfortunately, because o...