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HARDCOVER / PICTURE BOOKS
Marvin’s Shining Star
That’s a Hat
by John Otto & Payton Otto
Illustrations by Janelda Lane
by Betty Selakovich Casey
An unidentified
object arrives on the
wind, leaving the
animals who find it to
ponder what it could
be: A highfalutin
tumbleweed? A tasty
treat? Their clever
guesses will thrill.
May Finds
Her Way
HARDCOVER / PICTURE BOOKS
ForeWord Review
Book of the Year Finalist
Hardcover | $17.95 U.S.
978-1-937054-37-3
A mishap leaves an
Iditarod sled dog lost
in the wilds of Alaska.
Not particularly wise,
brave, or big, May
wows the world when
she makes it home all Western Writers of America
Spur Award Finalist
on her own. Inspired
Hardcover | $17.95 U.S.
by a true story.
978-1-937054-45-8
Little Red Riding Boots
by Erin Zwiener
Illustrations by Merisha Sequoia Lemmer
When a little girl
takes to wearing her
red cowboy boots
everywhere she
goes, she is soon
known far and wide
as Little Red Riding
Boots, a cowgirl with
Hardcover | $17.95 U.S.
the roping skills to
978-1-937054-70-0
outwit a mountain lion.
Coming Fall 2015
Life doesn’t guarantee
a second chance, but
in turning a rescue
dog into a search-andrescue responder,
Marvin earned his.
The inspiring true
story of a dog and the Hardcover | $17.95 U.S.
978-1-937054-77-9
inmate who trained
her, as seen in the Emmy-nominated
documentary The Dogs of Lexington.
The Apple Tree
by Sandy Tharp-Thee
Illustrations by Marlena Campbell Hodson
A boy plants an apple
seed, and as soon as
a seedling appears he
can see the apple tree
it is meant to be. But
the little apple tree isn’t
so sure. Young and
impatient, it begins to
Hardcover | $17.95 U.S.
doubt its calling,
978-1-937054-03-8
especially after apples
fail to appear that first fall. How can the boy
convince the tree to give the seasons the time to
work their magic? With Cherokee translation.
HC + TRADE PAPER / YA FICTION
T.R. & Skip—The Dog
That Went to the White House
(Juvenile Nonfiction)
Bodacious Bo—The Pound Prince
(Juvenile Fiction)
The Bulldoggers Club —
The Tail of the Tumbleweed Witch
(Juvenile Fiction | Book 3)
A Life Made with Artists—The
Story of Doris Littrell, the Matriarch
of Oklahoma Indian Art
(Adult Nonfiction)
Available From
Baker & Taylor
Brodart
Booksource
Children’s Plus Inc.
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Follett
Ingram
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Cody Goes
to Work
with Dr. Brian
by Brian Renegar
Illustrations by Cindy Barr
Children get a look at
the day in the life of a
veterinarian through
the eyes of Cody the
Soft Cover | $15 U.S.
Corgi. TRADE PAPER. ISBN: 978-1-937054-09-0
And in Canada
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
978-1-937054-00-7
HC | $16.95 U.S.
978-1-937054-05-2
HC | $16.95 U.S.
978-1-937054-01-4
Trade | $11.99 U.S.
978-1-937054-06-9
Trade | $12.99 U.S.
“. . . will spark discussion.”
— VOYA
“. . . deserves 5 stars”
— SLJ Teen
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HARDCOVER / ADULT NONFICTION
HARDCOVER / YA NONFICTION
HARDCOVER / JUVENILE FICTION
HARDCOVER / JUVENILE FICTION
Oklahoma’s Most Notorious Cases
The Boy Who Carried Bricks—A True Story
How I Became A Ghost
The Bulldoggers Club, Book 1
by Kent Frates
by Alton Carter
by Tim Tingle
by Barbara Hay
Oklahoma has had
more than its share
of sensational crimes
with national implications, but for the first
time in one volume,
attorney/historian
Kent Frates reveals
the facts behind six
infamous cases
that remain the talk
of courtrooms across 2015 Benjamin Franklin Award
the country. From
Oklahoma Book Award, finalist
ForeWord Reviews, bronze
bloody murders, to
political scandal, to
Hardcover | $24.00 U.S.
a horrific act of
ISBN: 978-1-937054-33-5
domestic terrorism,
THE 6 CASES
Oklahoma’s Most
1
Notorious Cases captures the
stories, the times, and the import Machine Gun Kelly &
The Urschel Kidnapping
of these landmark trials. Popu2
lated by a host of stranger-thanU.S.
vs.
David
Hall
fiction characters—a machinegun toting gangster, a Cherokee
3
outlaw, a bloodthirsty con man, a The Girl Scout Murders
crooked governor, and a twisted
4
soldier, the stories reveal the cold
The Karen Silkwood
calculation inherent in the perpeCase
trators and the guts, guile, and
5
tenacity required of the dedicated
The Sirloin Stockade
law enforcement professionals
Murders
who brought these men and
6
women to justice.
Abandoned by his
father, neglected
by his mother,
shuttled between
foster homes and
a boys ranch for
most of his formative years, a young
man refuses to
succumb to the fate
that the world says
should be his. Alton
Carter does not
mince words as he
The Ideal 2015-2016
describes a
One Book, One School Title
childhood of
Hardcover | $18.95 U.S.
violence, hunger,
ISBN: 978-1-937054-34-2
and isolation. Early
Trade Paper | $14.00 U.S.
on, Alton decides
ISBN: 978-1-937054-36-6
he wants a “normal
“. . . authentic and appealing.”
life”—even if that
— VOYA magazine
means standing
up to abusive relatives and being teased by his
uncles and siblings, and their friends. Along the
way, he keeps an eye out for those who might
help lighten the load, never losing hope that such
people exist.
A Choctaw Trail
of Tears Story
First in a Series
for Reluctant
Readers
16 pages of historic photographs
The Oklahoma City
Bombing
Letters to a New School Teacher
by U.S. Teachers of the Year
Advice from America’s
Best Teachers
VOLUME 1
978-1-937054-10-6 | $15 U.S.
VOLUME 2
978-1-937054-12-0 | $16 U.S.
HARDCOVER / YA FICTION
The Immortal Von B.
Winner of
3 Golds for
YA Lit
by M. Scott Carter
Josie moves to Europe
so her dad can lead a
secret world genetics
lab — and she’s left
to all but raise herself.
Music becomes Josie’s
reason to live. Forgive
her for wondering:
Could a girl from this
century find love with a
2013 Oklahoma Book
young composer from
Award YA Fiction
another?
Hardcover | $18.95 U.S.
ISBN: 978-1-937054-30-4
First in a Trilogy
In this first
juvenile novel
for children by
internationally renowned Choctaw
author and storyteller Tim Tingle,
a ten-year-old
Choctaw boy
tells the story
of his tribe’s
removal from
its Mississippi
homeland, and
how the Choctaws exodus to
the American
West led him
to become a
ghost—one able
to help the family
and friends left
behind.
2016 Sequoyah Master List
American Indian
Youth Literature Award
Kirkus Book of the Year:
Making History Come Alive
Notable Social Studies
Trade Book for Young
People Reading List
Hardcover | $18.95 U.S.
ISBN: 978-1-937054-53-3
Trade Paper | $8.95 U.S.
ISBN: 978-1-937054-55-7
Being a member
of The Bulldoggers Club is a
ticket to fishing,
and other outdoor adventures.
In Book 1, the
boys go fishing
at Quicksand
IPPY Gold Medalist
Pond—and Dru
lands a monster
Tale of the Ill-Gotten Catfish
catfish. There’s
Hardcover | $16.95 U.S.
just one problem:
ISBN: 978-1-937054-15-1
they’re fishing on
“Expertly written, funny,
private land,
middle-grade book . . .”
without permission.
— Western Writers of
America’s RoundUp
Convinced they have
Magazine
a record catch, the
“Highly recommended!”
boys decide to lie
— Midwest Book Review
about where they
caught their whopper and haul the catfish to
town to be weighed. Before the prize fish can
hit the frying pan, the boys learn how fast
Book 3
one little lie can get away from a fellow.
Fall
2015
Finders Keepers
The Bulldoggers Club, Book 2
Debut Author
When Mr. Martin
hired his son’s best
friend,Tomás, to
clear out the old
family store, he
was trying to get
an unsafe, dirty job
done on the cheap.
He never expected
the boy to turn up
Oklahoma Book Award
hidden treasure—
Juvenile Fiction
now their deal is the Hardcover | $18.95 U.S.
talk of the town.
ISBN: 978-1-937054-11-3
In Book 2 of The
Bulldoggers Club,
the boys have a
new member, and
they take their first
road trip only to
get stranded in
the Oklahoma
Panhandle with
tornadoes threatening. It will take all
the boys’ scientific
Tale of the Tainted
Buffalo Wallow
and outdoor
know-how to ride
Hardcover | $18.95 U.S.
out this storm safely. ISBN: 978-1-937054-57-1
by Roy Deering