Children's books and poetry
Georgie's Moon
Chris Woodworth
When her father goes off to Vietnam, Georgie is obliged to keep a strong façade while he is away in order to keep the family from falling apart, but dealing with her hippy classmates and a frightened little brother becomes more difficult with every passing day as she longs for her father's safe return.
cloth / $16.00
Order No.2648
Hoosier Heart: A Story about Hoosiers and the great state of Indiana
Written by Luke Messer; Illustrated by Jennifer Messer
Hoosier Heart is a charming story that answers the time-honored Indiana question: "What is a Hoosier?" Three young Indiana natives, Emma, Ava and Ben, learn what it means to be a Hoosier as they journey through the state learning about Indiana's special people, places and history. The young and young at heart will enjoy this delightful, educational story and learn a little more about the state that makes Hoosiers proud.
cloth 30 pp. ISBN 978-0-9786799-1-0 / $16.95
Order No. 2620
A Home in the Woods
Howard Johnson
Indianapolis of the 1820s and 1830s related in a classic account of early settler days.
paper 133 pp. ISBN 0-253-20616-2 / $17.95
Order No. 2064
Evie Finds Her Family Tree
Ashley B. Ransburg
Young children will enjoy the tale of Evie, a little girl who tries to discover the meaning of her family tree. This illustrated storybook includes a 32’ x 24” illustrated family tree chart that children can complete using their own family information.
cloth 30 pp. ISBN 0-87195-187-8 / $14.95
Order No 2594
The Woodland Adventures series
This series is dedicated to all The Woodland People who persevere despite hardships, inhumanity, and hostility. Their spirit, like the Eagle, soars. Their integrity, like the Turtle, persists.
Rita Kohn and Kevin Warren Smith
The Woodland Indian traditional powwow is the mechanizism used to teach preschool and primary grades to identify and count numbers 1 through 10 in this beautiful picture book.
cloth 32 pp. 1995 / ISBN 0-516-05201-2 / $15.00
Order No. 2366
Rita Kohn and Winifred Barnum-Newman
The Woodland Indian tradition of gathering to share in and give thanks for a plentiful harvest is the mechanizism used to teach preschool and primary grades the concept of quantity in this beautiful picture book.
cloth 32 pp. 1995 / ISBN 0-516-05202-0 / $15.00
Order No. 2363
Rita Kohn and Dorothy Sullivan
The retelling of the Lenape or Delaware Indian tale of how the first "kokolesh" (rabbit-tail) game was made is the mechanizism used to teach preschool and primary grades the concept of sequence in this beautiful picture book.
cloth 32 pp. ISBN 0-546-05204-7 / $15.00
Order No. 2365
Rita Kohn and Robin McBride Scott
A family of the Miami of Indiana indians and the traditional custom of planting gourds for the fall gathering give-away is the mechanizism used to teach preschool and primary grades number concepts in this beautiful picture book.
cloth 32 pp. ISBN 0-516-05203-9 / $15.00
Order No. 2364
A Good Night for Freedom
Barbara Olenyik Morrow
Two runaway slaves take refuge at Katy and Levi Coffin's home - a stop on the underground railroad. Based on historical events, this powerful story reveals the courage it took for people to run for freedom, and for one young girl to help them. Beautifully illustrated.
cloth 32 pp. 2004 / ISBN 0-8234-1709-3 / $16.95
Order No. 2455
James Whitcomb Riley publications
The Best of James Whitcomb Riley
Donald C. Manlove, ed.
A collection of best-loved poems about nature, home, and country as well as the dialect poems for which Riley is famous.
cloth 224 pp. 1982 / ISBN 0-253-10610-9 / $20.00
Order No. 2192
paper 224 pp. 1982 / ISBN 0-253-20299-X / $12.95
Order No. 2193
The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
This publication brings back into print the complete repertoire of more than 1,000 poems by James Whitcomb Riley, including such favorites as "Little Orphant Annie," and "When the Frost is on the Punkin."
paper 886 pp. 1993 / ISBN 0-253-20777-0 / $24.95
Order No. 2292
Belief in Providence: A Life of Saint Theodora Guerin
Julie Young
A Belief in Providence: A Life of Saint Theodora Guerin, a youth biography, explores the life of the woman who would become Indiana's first saint.
cloth 198 pp. 2007 / ISBN 978-0-87195-255-4 / $17.95
Order No. 2640
Orphant Annie Story Book
Johnny Gruelle
Dedicated to James Whitcomb Riley after the Hoosier poet's death, this colorful book contains many charming tales teaching lessons of courtesy, honesty, and kind behavior.
cloth 86 pp. 1981 reprinted 1989 / ISBN 0-9617367-9-8 / $22.95
Order No. 3107
Why the Chimes Rang
Raymond MacDonald Alden
A story of two young brothers from a poor village who come to a Christmas Eve service at a church where legend says that only the perfect gift will allow the the chime bells to ring out.
cloth 16 pp. 1909 reprinted 1994 / ISBN 1-878208-46-2 / $14.94
Order No. 3116
The Soldier's Friend: A life of Ernie Pyle
The Soldier's Friend: A life of Ernie Pyle
Ray E. Boomhower
To the millions of Americans on the home front during World War II, Ernie Pyle’s column in newspapers across the country offered a foxhole view of the struggle as he reported on the life and death of the average soldier. When he died, Pyle’s popularity and readership was worldwide, with his column appearing in 400 daily and 300 weekly newspapers.
cloth / $17.95
Order No. 2624
Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall
Ray E. Boomhower
A biography aimed at young readers, Fighting for Equality showcases Sewall's important contributions to the history of Indianapolis, Indiana, the United States, and the world. A woman who had the "organizing touch," Sewall helped to establish such Indianapolis institutions as the Girls' Classical School, the Indianapolis Woman's Club, the Contemporary Club, the Art Association of Indianapolis (today known as the Indianapolis Museum of Art), and the Indianapolis Propylaeum.
cloth160 pp. 2007 / ISBN 978-0-87195-253-0 / $17.95
Order No. 2675
Cross this Bridge at a Walk
Jared Carter
This is Jared Carter's fourth collection of poems. He continues to tell us about a place called Mississinewa County. His poems reach out to the stories, myths, and recollections of an entire continent.
paper / $15.00
Order No. 2657
Casper and Catherine Move to America: An Immigrant Family's Adventures, 1849-1850
Brian Hasler
Relates the adventures of Casper Hasler, a stonecutter who immigrated to Indiana in 1849, and of his children and wife, Catherine, who remained in Switzerland until their 6th child was born. Includes information about oral history and family history research.
cloth 44 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-87195-168-1 / $17.95
Order No. 2404
Into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
James J. Holmberg
By sending the Corps of Discovery to discover a way to the Pacific Ocean two hundred years ago, Jefferson dreamed of uncovering the mysteries of the lands beyond the Mississippi River. This book chronicles the exciting adventures, Indians, and samples of strange plants and animals the expedition encountered.
paper 62 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-8131-0913-2 / $5.95
Order No. 2452
Something to Crow About! A Bird's Tale
Suzanne Knoebel
A story of a badly injured crow who gets fixed up in the veterinary department of the zoo, and who learns, and teaches, the true meaning of independence.
cloth 56 pp. 1998 / ISBN 1-57860-059-6 / $15.95
Order No. 3121
Directory of Indiana Children's Authors & Illustrators
Sara Laughlin
The third edition of living children's authors and illustrators who are lifelong Hoosiers, or born in Indiana but now living elsewhere, or once lived in Indiana, or born outside but now living in Indiana.
paper 50 pp. 1997 / $8.95
Order No. 3117
Legendary Hoosier: Famous Folks from the State of Indiana
Nelson Price
Stories of 40 legendary Hoosiers--astronauts, basketball players, a cartoon cat, a race horse, teachers, pop music performers, and Olympic gold medalists.
cloth 189 pp. 2001 / ISBN 1-57860-097-9 / $24.95
Order No. 2353
Abigail
Portia Howe Sperry
Set in the 1830s, the story centers on a young girl and her doll Abigail, and the adventures they share while traveling by covered wagon from Kentucky to their new home in Brown County, Indiana. Recommended for young readers.
paper 162 pp. 1938 Reprinted 2000 / ISBN 0-87195-148-7 / $8.95
Order No. 2277
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