Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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c2003., Sleeping Bear Press Call No: 979.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Utah's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.
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[2019]., Blue Rider Press Call No: HI-INT 796.323 POW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small and isolated patch of the vast 17.5-million-acre Navajo reservation, sits Chinle High School. Here, basketball is passion, passed from grandparent to parent to child. Rez Ball is a sport for winters where dark and cold descend fast and there is little else to do but roam mesa tops, work, and wonder what the future holds. The town has 4,500 residents and the high school arena seats 7,000. Fans drive thirty, fifty, even eighty miles to see the fast-paced and highly competitive matchups that are more than just games to players and fans. Celebrated Times journalist Michael Powell brings us a narrative of triumph and hardship, a moving story about a basketball team on a Navajo reservation that shows how important sports can be to youths in struggling communities, and the transcendent magic and painful realities that confront Native Americans living on reservations. This book details his season-long immersion in the team, town, and culture, in which there were exhilarating wins, crushing losses, and conversations on long bus rides across the desert about dreams of leaving home and the fear of the same"--Provided by the publisher.
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2010., Primary, Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux Call No: 567.9 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is the story of Earl Douglass and his discovery of the first almost complete skeleton of an Apatosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to roam Earth.
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c1989., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 568 ARN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the latest information available on dinosaurs, much of it learned from fossils found at Dinosaur National Monument.
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2003., Juvenile, Sleeping Bear Press Call No: 979.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is an alphabet book that introduces Utah's history, culture, and landscape, from Arches National Park to Zion National Park.
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c1998, Enslow Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sports reportsSummary Note: Profiles the personal life and professional career of the Utah Jazz player who is one of the NBA's premier forwards.
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c2005., Pre-adolescent, HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC SNI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A series of unfortunate events Volume: bk. 12Summary Note: The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events.
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[2018], Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: 796 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Aron Ralston went for a normal hike on a normal day. But he slipped, got stuck in a canyon for five days, and wound up amputating his own arm to survive. Filled with suspense as well as information about hiking and survival, this gripping, true tale will attract adventure-seekers.
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2006., Child's World Call No: 979.2 HEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Welcome to the U.S.ASummary Note: Takes readers on a tour of Utah, visiting fifteen attractions and describing the state's history, culture, and economy along the way; and includes unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, and lists of state symbols, famous people, and further resources.
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c2002., Juvenile, Children's Press Call No: 979.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: From sea to shining seaSummary Note: Describes the geography, history, government, people, and places of Utah.
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c1991., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 979.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hello USASummary Note: Introduces the geography, history, people, industries, and other highlights of Utah.
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2003., World Almanac Library Call No: 979.2 HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World Almanac library of the statesSummary Note: Text and illustrations present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, customs, and attractions of Utah.