Jeremiah Trammell

Marcia Vaughan

Richard Lee Vaughan

Black Bear, Brown Bear, and other creatures help Blue Bear, a stuffed teddy, to search for the "silver box with wheels" where his boy lives, showing him Pacific Northwest forests, seas, and skies along the way.

Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest

The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters? This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.

The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse

Abbie Against the Storm

The old wishing well has moss covering his ears, so when people make wishes, they don't always get what they want because he can't hear them properly. Illustrated by Francois Ruyer

Rigby Star Independent Year 2: Lime Level Fiction: The Mixed Up Wishing Well Single

As Kokopelli plays his flute, desert dwellers such as Coyote and Snake, and even the children, join in his nighttime dance through the canyon.

Mythical Piper of the Native American Southwest

Night Dancer

The story of a small injured orphan seal and his struggle to survive through the help and friendship of Mrs Bisby who finds him on the beach. Includes facts about caring for seal pups. Suggested level: primary.

The Story of Small Fry

Jackrabbit brags to the other animals that he is so brave that he can do all kinds of things, including kiss a coyote.

Kissing Coyotes

Peg Leg Lil is a true-blue pirate. She can shoot a cannonball through a porthole, sail through a typhoon, and dig up buried treasure all day long. But there's something about Lil that nobody knows. She can't cook! Suggested level: primary.

Pirate Pie

A fierce offshore wind discourages the guests from the Sea-Breeze Hotel until a boy makes kite-flying the major attraction.

Marcia Vaughan

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