California Collection - Braille Institute of America

changing seasons in the life of one nineteenth-century New Englander
and his family. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal.
Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village CBB-0425
by Willard R. Espy
Here is the tale of four families crossing the prairies in their covered
wagons to Oysterville in the Washington territory. 1977.
The Pacific Coast Ranges BRB-10796
by Roderick Peattie
This volume contains colorful chapters on the people of the California,
Oregon, and Washington ranges, on the wild flowers, Spanish
missions, on California writing, on wild life, on exploration, mountain
climbing and lumbering.
The Pageant of Elizabethan England BRB-10981
by Elizabeth Burton
Scholarship and readability combine to make this a thoroughly
entertaining and informative work. 1959.
Palm Springs a la Carte: Choose What to Do and See in Palm Springs
and Surrounding Area: A Visitor's Guide CBB-0263
by Jack Delaney
An informational guide for tourists and a refresher course for residents
of the area who want to entertain guests. 1979.
Palm Springs Babylon: Sizzling Stories from the Desert Playground
CBB-0916 / BRB-11181
by Ray Mungo
From Clara Bow’s sexual appetite and voracious Jim Baker’s denials
of promiscuity, to the rich veins of gossip to be mined from the Betty
Ford Center, any gossipmonger or film buff will thrill to this lurid
social history of Hollywood arcana. Witness zaftig Fatty Arbuckle
stand trial for the grisly murder of a starlet; the egos of the powerful,
the famous, and the purely eccentric locking horns; and the
flamboyance and controversy, past and present, surrounding this florid
and flourishing community. 1993.
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