BOOKS by Alice McLerran

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1	Roxaboxen more books like this by Alice McLerran Marian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill -- nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo -- but it was a special place: a sparkling world of jeweled homes, streets edged with the whitest stones, and two ice cream shops. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mountain That Loved a Bird more books like this by Alice McLerran Eric Carle's signature collages illustrate this vibrant original fable. A mountain standing alone in the middle of a desert plain asks a small bird named Joy to stay when she stops to rest. Joy promises that and her descendants will return each spring, and over time, they transform the mountain into the perfect home. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Year of the Ranch more books like this by Alice McLerran, Kimberly Bulcken Root (Illustrator) Set in the year 1919, this is the true story of the author's grandfather who, along with the rest of his family, spent a year on a homestead in Arizona working to turn the desert mesa into a farmland. During that year, the family had to deal with difficulties such as violent sandstorms and scorpions sneaking into the house. Color illustrations ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.96! \| first editions
4	I Want to Go Home more books like this by Alice McLerran, Jill Kastner (Illustrator) A new cat named Sammy helps Marta adjust to the move to a new house. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.45! \| first editions
5	Ghost Dance more books like this by Alice McLerran “McLerran’s elegant, spare text begins by describing the result of white settlers’ relentless westward movement in the U.S. The scenario is one often related in books sympathetic to Native Americans: buffalo, their hides stripped, left to rot on the prairie; streams stripped of fish; and herds of elk and buffalo depleted. In poetic prose, she ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $3.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Dreamsong more books like this by Alice McLerran, Valery Vasiliev (Illustrator) A boy searches fields, forests, and mountain for the song he hears each night in his dream, unaware that the true source is in his own home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Secrets = more books like this by Alice McLerran Mark is not looking forward to spending eight afternoons taking his little sister to play with her Russian friend but his friend Jeff persuades him that this will be a good opportunity for some counterespionage. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
8	Hugs more books like this by Alice McLerran, Mary Morgan (Illustrator) Illustrations and rhyming text explore the different meanings hugs can have. see all copies from $1.99!
9	Kisses more books like this by Alice McLerran, Mary Morgan (Illustrator) Illustrations and rhyming text show all kinds of kids getting all kinds of kisses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50!
10	Dragonfly more books like this by Alice McLerran Raising a dragon in secret isn't simple. But Jason and his family--aided by a pair of surprising allies--are managing it. As the dragon grows, however, so do the risks she and her human friends must take. Then one breath-taking night, the dragon flies with Jason on her back to show him a mysterious island--but why? And why must he keep what they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77!
11	The Legacy of Roxaboxen: A Collection of Voices more books like this by Alice McLerran This book boasts a hidden treasure: the facsimile reproduction of a 1916 work by 11-year-old Marian Doan, telling how she and her friends created a town from lines of stone and imagination. Memoirs, reminiscences, and graphic materials combine to weave a vivid tapestry of Marian and her world, and to trace the long impact of her vision. More than ... see all copies from $19.24!
12	Dreamsong-13.95 by Alice McLerran see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.90! \| first editions

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