Gaston Goes to Texas


Book Description

Gaston the alligator gets hurled by a Louisiana hurricane into west Texas where he becomes the first alligator cowboy.







Gaston Drills an Offshore Oil Well


Book Description

Gaston, the green-nosed alligator from Louisiana, embarks on a new adventure, drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, and learns about the oil business in the process.




Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras


Book Description

Gaston the alligator is invited to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.




Gaston(r) Joins the Circus


Book Description

When Gaston(R) the Green-Nosed Alligator overhears a circus near his bayou, he decides to join. However, it takes him a little time to decide what he is best at. James Rice fans around the globe will delight in being reunited here with this beloved character.




Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras


Book Description

Gaston the alligator is invited to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.




Texas Alphabet


Book Description

Introduces words and names, from A to Z, significant to Texas history, beginning with Austin and concluding with Lorenzo De Zavala.




Firefighter's Night Before Christmas


Book Description

In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, while they are putting out a fire on Christmas Eve.




Trail Drive


Book Description

Texas Jack, the jackrabbit, describes the life of the cowboy during a trail drive from the Texas plains to markets in the North after the Civil War.




The Teachers' Night Before Christmas


Book Description

"Teachers, and students and parents will laugh out loud at this parody of the frenetic pace of holiday happenings at schools."--Copley News Service What do excited students, craft projects, room mothers, nursing home visits, harried shopping, and near-disastrous pageants have in common? They are all a part of a teacher's pre-Christmas experience. In this energetic romp through a school's last days before the Christmas break, the students are full of energy and are up to all manners of mischief. The teachers are pulling out their hair trying to keep the students busy, while they despair over their own Christmas preparations. Who should come to the rescue? Santa himself, of course! He arrives at the helm of a flying school bus, with presents for all the teachers and a promise to take care of their shopping for them. The fantastic illustrations work with the text to make this a fast-paced, high-energy comedic interpretation of Clement C. Moore's classic poem. The book is sure to be a read-aloud favorite at Christmas parties in schools everywhere.