Legendary Texas Storytellers

Legendary Texas Storytellers

Author: Jim Gramon

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications

Published: 2002-10-29

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1556229399

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Storytelling is alive and well in Texas! Let storyteller and biographer Jim Gramon give you a personal introduction to some of his legendary storytelling friends.


Thunder Rose

Thunder Rose

Author: Jerdine Nolen

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780152060060

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Thunder Rose vows to grow up to be more than just big and strong, thank you very kindly--and boy, does she ever But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match?


La Llorona

La Llorona

Author: Joe Hayes

Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0938317865

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A retelling, in parallel English and Spanish text, of the traditional tale told in the Southwest and in Mexico of how the beautiful Maria became a ghost.


Once Upon a Camel

Once Upon a Camel

Author: Kathi Appelt

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 153440645X

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“A delight to the senses.” —Kirkus Reviews Perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, this exquisite middle grade novel from Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt follows a creaky old camel out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert—filled with over a dozen illustrations by Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann. Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna, crossed treacherous oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion. But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. She’s not, however, alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.


Up and Adam

Up and Adam

Author: Debbie Zapata

Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 152530500X

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A boy with Down syndrome lifts spirits all over town! It’s the day after the big storm. Adam and his dog, Up, are finishing breakfast when the mayor appears on TV asking everyone to help with the cleanup. She says, “Now, it’s time to get to work. Up and at ’em!” When Adam hears the mayor tell him and Up to get to work, he’s on it! “We can help!” Adam says. And as everyone in the town is about to discover — they really can! With kindness in his heart and a smile on his face, Adam shows readers that everyone can make a difference in their community!


Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet

Author: Jamie Brickhouse

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1466837306

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"A blisteringly funny, wrenching account of wrestling way too close to—and later loose from—booze, sex and drugs and his adorable, infuriating mother. Bravo!" —Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of The Liars' Club "Whoever said you can't get sober for someone else never met my mother, Mama Jean. When I came to in a Manhattan emergency room after an overdose to the news that she was on her way from Texas, I panicked. She was the last person I wanted to see on that dark September morning, but the person I needed the most." So begins this astonishing memoir—by turns both darkly comic and deeply poignant—about this native Texan's long struggle with alcohol, his complicated relationship with Mama Jean, and his sexuality. From the age of five all Brickhouse wanted was to be at a party with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other and all Mama Jean wanted was to keep him at that age, her Jamie doll forever. A Texan Elizabeth Taylor with the split personality of Auntie Mame and Mama Rose, always camera-ready and flamboyantly outspoken, Mama Jean haunted him his whole life, no matter how far away he went or how deep in booze he swam. Brickhouse's journey takes him from Texas to a high-profile career in book publishing amid New York's glamorous drinking life to his near-fatal descent into alcoholism. After Mama Jean ushers him into rehab and he ultimately begins to dig out of the hole he'd found himself in, he almost misses his chance to prove that he loves her as much as she loves him. Bitingly funny, raw, and insightful, Dangerous When Wet is the unforgettable story of a unique relationship between a son and his mother.


Every Day a Holiday

Every Day a Holiday

Author: Elizabeth Ellis

Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781624910401

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"Elizabeth Ellis's words jump off the page and into the secret part of your heart where you keep treasured memories and sacred feelings. She sings to you of her life and the lives of others with whom she intersects. Compassionate and thought provoking, an Appalachian/Texan with a whole-world point of view with a little rabble rousing thrown in, Elizabeth Ellis is a true master of the written and spoken word." --Robin Bady, Storyteller, Arts Educator, Brooklyn, New York


House of Purple Cedar

House of Purple Cedar

Author: Tim Tingle

Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

Published: 2014-01-27

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 193595525X

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“The hour has come to speak of troubled times. It is time we spoke of Skullyville.” Thus begins the House of Purple Cedar, Rose Goode’s telling of the year when she was eleven in Indian country, Oklahoma. The Indian schools boys and girls had been burned, stores too. By the time the railroad came, all of Skullyville had been burned.


Walking the Choctaw Road

Walking the Choctaw Road

Author: Tim Tingle

Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1933693479

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Oklahoma, or "Okla Homma," is a Choctaw word meaning "Red People." In this collection, acclaimed storyteller Tim Tingle tells the stories of his people, the Choctaw People, the Okla Homma. For years, Tim has collected stories of the old folks, weaving traditional lore with stories from everyday life. Walking the Choctaw Road is a mixture of myth stories, historical accounts passed from generation to generation, and stories of Choctaw people living their lives in the here and now. The Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers selected Tim as "Contemporary Storyteller Of The Year" for 2001, and in 2002, Tim was the featured storyteller at the National Storyteller Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Tim Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas.