A shy chick finds the courage to soar Chico is afraid of everything, even his own shadow. His dad tries to bolster his confidence by telling him about the legendary Golden Chicken, but Chico doesn't believe anyone could be that brave. So he sets off into the mountains to find the Golden Chicken, certain that the heroic bird will give him advice. Instead, his quest leads him to something he definitely wasn't seeking--an adventure! Before he knows it, he's soaring through the sky to the very place where a courageous hero is most needed--his own hometown, where the dreaded Llama Llama Gang is turning things upside down. Readers will get a hoot out of this little hero who saves the day!

Relates the life story of Joseph Ratzinger, later to be known as Pope Benedict XVI, from his birth in Germany in 1927 through his election as Pontiff in 2005, as told by his cat, Chico.

In this lively autobiographical story, young Sandra displays the forthright spirit that later helped her become the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sandra loves the ranch where she lives with her mother and father. Most of all, she loves to ride her pony, Chico. One afternoon, Sandra and Chico ride far away from the house to visit a newborn calf. She doesnżt watch where her horse is going, and soon there is a huge rattlesnake in the path. Sandrażs quick thinking gets them safely home. But she learns an important lesson about taking care of herself and her horse -- and about overcoming her fears. Gorgeous full-color paintings perfectly capture the spare beauty of the Southwest and bring Sandrażs adventure to thrilling life. Reinforced binding.

In her second book on Galisteo, New Mexico, cultural historian Lucy R. Lippard writes about the place she has lived for a quarter century. The history of a place she refers to as Pueblo Chico (little town) is based largely on other people's memories--those of the descendants of the original settlers in the early 1800s, heirs of the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous colonized who courageously settled this isolated valley despite official neglect and threats of Indian raids. The memories of those who came later--Hispano and Anglo--also echo through this book. But too many lives have already receded into the land, and few remain to tell the stories. The land itself has the longest memory, harboring traces of towns, trails, agriculture, and other land use that goes back thousands of years. The Galisteo Basin is a cultural landscape that has become familiar to Lippard, simultaneously enriched with the stories she has been told by longtime residents and veiled by those she has not been told. From its inception, Galisteo has been about the vortex of land and lives, about the way the land reveals its coexistence with humans, the ways people have changed it, and the ways the land has in turn changed the people who lived here long enough to become part of it. Complementing the history are two hundred historical and contemporary images, many provided by Galisteo's citizens and heirs.

Unlike any other group of organisms, birds have official common English names and by custom, the names are capitalized. So we have the American Robin, Oak Titmouse, Northern Mockingbird, and Downy Woodpecker. The local jay is often mistakenly called a blue jay, but even though it is blue and is a jay, it is a Western Scrub Jay. The real Blue Jay lives mostly east of the Mississippi River. Author Roger Lederer and illustrator Carol Burr identify these characteristics for birdwatchers visiting Bidwell Park in Chico to observe over 100 species living there.

Guide to trees seen in Chico, California's, Bidwell Park with identification characteristics, interesting facts, and over 150 color illustrations.

"Born to herd, but hemmed in on a small ranchette in Laramie, Wyoming, Chico, a four-year-old American Quarter Horse, longs for a bigger life amid the vast grassland and big blue sky that lies beyond, just out of reach. When Chico comes to live with Sierra --a teen who yearns to learn the sport of cutting-- on her family's cattle ranch, his zeal and her enthusiasm seem like a perfect fit. But Chico is afraid of cows and instinctively tries to chase them off. Can Sierra, a beginner too, help him learn enough discipline to conquer his fears and instincts, and find his own true self?"--Page 4 of cover