Central Kansas Library System

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces bison and buffalo to young readers through leveled text and related photos" --

Details the characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the American bison.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to American bison. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

American bison are an icon of the American West, but they nearly disappeared forever. American Bison reveals the importance of America's national mammal to the West, how hunting in the 1800s nearly led to its extinction, and how people are using science to save the species.

On his first trip out West, Zane Grey became friends with Buffalo Jones, the "last of the plainsmen" as he called him. Jones had been witness to the great herds of buffalo that had once ranged on the Great Plains, and he had been a participant in the hunts that led to their destruction. In early 1923, Grey decided that he would write the epic story of the thundering herds of buffalo, the great hunt that decimated them, and the battle between the Plains...

With longer words and sentences, varied language patterns, and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, progressing readers learn about the life cycle and eating habits of the American bison, or buffalo. Children who are practicing common words and letter sounds will build confidence as they recognize familiar words and expand their vocabulary.

Big Sky Secrets: "Self-made millionaire Landry Sutton heads to Hangman Bend Ranch with a plan to sell his land to his brother, Zane. Though he's got cowboy in his blood, Landry intends to return to city life before the dust even settles on his boots. Of course, he didn't count on falling for Big Sky Country...or for Ria Manning. Ria is starting to settle into country life herself...until she has a close encounter of the terrifying kind with a buffalo....

"A bankrupt widow embarks on a buffalo hunt in 1873 to try to save her late husband's land, and encounters multiple dangers along the way"-- September 1873. Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged brother-in-law, Michael. She hopes to salvage something of her former life and the lives of the hired men and their families who depend on her. The buffalo hunt that her husband...

"Lorelei Collins possesses a soft heart for any animal in need, so when she finds a buffalo calf bawling beside its mother's lifeless body, she can't help but bring it home to raise on the ranch she and her sisters are building in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Little does she realize that its white coloring is rare and considered sacred by Native Americans, which makes it highly valuable to them and the European trappers alike. A flood of men visit...

Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.