Tour the oil rig with our favorite armadillo! The latest in the adventure series finds Bluebonnet exploring the Ocean Star Museum in Galveston, Texas. To discover facts about the offshore oil system, she secretly follows a school group touring the museum. She learns about life on a drilling rig, offshore history, and rig safety through the tour guide and the knowledgeable pelican, Red.

In this book in the Bluebonnet Series, our favorite armadillo explores the Ocean Star Museum in Galveston, Texas. On the boardwalk at the Galveston harbor, Bluebonnet meets Red, the knowledgeable brown pelican, who persuades her to follow a class on their tour of the museum. Bluebonnet secretly follows the group and learns about the offshore oil system, life on a drilling rig, and offshore oil history. Along her journey, Bluebonnet discovers that the museum itself is an old offshore rig, where people lived and drilled beneath the sea for oil. She learns that since its opening as a museum in 1997, the rig has taught kids about products made from petroleum and abandoned platforms that have become reefs. As the museum tour comes to an end, Bluebonnet hops aboard a departing shrimp boat with Red to see some offshore drilling rigs in action. After all, she is always ready for a new adventure!

Bluebonnet the armadillo visits Dinosaur Valley State Park and has adventures with a glyptodont, an armadillo ancestor.

A Newbery Honor Book A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Teen Readers From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary and versatile author of three Newbery Honor Books, comes a high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor Book A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat explores a young woman’s struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman—and in a kingdom where the status of one’s ancestors dictates their social position, the truth could ruin her. Sai seizes the chance to join an expedition to chart the southern seas, but she isn’t the only one aboard with secrets. When Sai learns that the ship might be heading for the fabled Sunderlands—a land of dragons, dangers, and riches beyond imagining—she must weigh the cost of her dreams. Vivid, suspenseful, and thought-provoking, this tale of identity and integrity is as beautiful and intricate as the maps of old.

Perfect for fans of Wellie Wishers and Billie B. Brown books, The Night at the Museum is the next adventure book for Dino Riders, Jurassic fanatics, and Smithsonian superstars! The book that inspired the iconic Night at the Museum movies will bring every trip to the museum—to life! Set in New York's Museum of Natural History, Larry, the museum nightguard, soon finds things aren't what they seem. Strange magic has led to the most amazing vanishing act in the museum's rich history—the entire dinosaur collection has disappeared! Could they have come...to life? The Night at the Museum masterfully blends mystery and comedy, making it the perfect museum book for teachers and educators. Kids of all ages will love the author's original illustrations on every page. Don't wait to discover what dinosaurs do after dark with The Night at the Museum!

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents 467 executions in Texas, many that have been forgotten through the years. Thoroughly researched by West Gilbreath, a career law enforcement officer, this book is a must for any Texas history buff.