Best Selling Books by Mary Dodson Wade

A biography of the famous general, politician, and friend of Indians. It follows his life in Tennessee and Washington, D.C. and details his adventures in shaping both the Republic and the state of Texas.

Explores the history of this incurable disease, from its initial diagnosis to the sophisticated techniques used today for treatment and for helping patients cope with the disease.

The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

The life of the forty-sixth governor of Texas.

Learn about tsunamis and what makes them so dangerous.

A biography of the inventor, businessmen, surveyor, and philanthropist who, among other accomplishments, was the first to develop a method to condense milk and founded the dairy company bearing his name.

A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.

Going to Texas involves more than just being a cowboy. Interesting places beckon adventurous travelers.

The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

A biography of the Spanish conquistador who survived a failed mission to Florida to spend seven years among Indians in the American Southwest and then tried to secure humane treatment of the Indians in the lower half of the South American continent.

Introduces young readers to the traditions and festivities of Cinco de Mayo.

Introduces different types of maps and how they are used, including those that show how to get to a place and those that show what you will find when you arrive.

Scrambled words, word searches, secret codes, mazes, connect the dots.

From his humble beginnings in east Tennessee to his valiant stand at the Alamo, this biography introduces middle readers to the real person behind the larger-than-life image of David Crockett. The narrative skillfully separates fact from fiction as readers learn that Crockett did not really wear a coonskin cap and that he was never known as Davy Crockett. Young readers will appreciate the information on Crockett''s turbulent and adventurous early years, such as when he ran away from home as a child and did not return until his sixteenth birthday. Much more than a rough-and-tumble frontiersman, David Crockett was also a successful businessman, a U.S. congressman, and a freedom fighter whose many accomplishments are detailed in this fascinating biography of this iconic American folk hero. Web links for teacher activity resources are also included.

Presents the life of the "Mother of Texas" who, after being left a widow at a young age, ran a boarding house that became a important meeting place for such members of the Texas Revolution as Sam Houston, William Travis, and Stephen Austin.

The first Texas "Cattle Queen;" a Civil War spy; the "Woman Athlete of the 20th Century." The compelling stories of these and other women will inspire young readers.

A grandfather shares stories about Fredericksburg, Texas, inthe 1840s.