Montana Books

This is a bautiful book that lets kids use their imagination.Is really great!

Cheryl St.John is one of my favorite authors and she does not disappoint in Million-Dollar Makeover. The story is so entrancing that you'll forget all about the time as you read and it's a book you can totally lose yourself into. It is what I would call a genuine page-turner since each page would have me saying, "I'll read one more page, then I'll put it down and go to bed". The joke was on me as I never could put it down. I think you'll laugh and cry with Lisa as she tries to pull fast ones over on Riley. Tension builds from the first page up until the end of the story. I couldn't put it down and stayed up entirely too late in order to finish up Riley & Lisa's story. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

Orson Scott Card is far and away my favorite short story author. Of his collections of short stories, _The_Monkey_Sonatas_ is the best. Each of the "sonatas" is a gripping, tragic short story about we "monkeys." In almost every case, I was moved to tears. If you can find this book, I give it my highest recommendation. It's not in print at the moment, but I'm looking forward to a reprint. I lost my first copy, which I consider to be a separate tragedy. :) If it is re-released, I plan to buy at least 5 copies for backup and gifts. (Hear that, Tor?) Some of them are science fiction, some are fantasy. All are fantastic.

When Molly learns that her grandfather is ill, she packs up her sons and heads to Montana. Once she arrives, she immediately has questions about Sam Dakota, the stranger who had called her about her grandfather. Just who is he? And why is he working the ranch? Despite everything, Molly can't deny her attraction to Sam--until her ailing grandfather tries to push them into marriage. Moving to the state of Montana is one thing; entering the state of matrimony is another!

Montana is probably the last of the great frontier states that maintains a way of life that goes back generations. This incredibly compact volume will tell you and your students all about it and so much more.

The "Portrait of America" series is a wonderful introduction for pre-teens to the 50 states and to the places and events that shaped the history of the United States. This "Montana" installment is particularly good. The book is broken down into sections like "History", "Culture", "Economy" etc., and each section is thoughtfully written and edited. And this edition is loaded with several beautiful photographs. The "Culture" section is my personal favorite.
This book, as well as the entire "Portrait of America" series, will prove to be a valuable teaching tool to all primary school educators.

Translated for the first time from the original Dutch into English, Montana 1911: A Professor And His Wife Among The Blackfeet presents the diary of Wilhelmina Uhlenbeck, the wife of anthropologist and linguist C. C. Uhlenbeck, who traveled to Montana to conduct fieldwork among the southern Piegan Indians. Her diary is reproduced in full, chronicling her perspective of the three-month stay, and also thoroughly supplemented with notes, an introduction to Blackfeet and their mythology, a biographical sketch of the couple, and a selection of the writings of C. C. Uhlenbeck that parallel the text from his wife's diary. Black-and-white vintage photographs illustrate this remarkable hands-on, up-close and personal perspective of Native American daily life and culture. Montana 1911 is a very highly recommended original source material for Native American Studies collections.

As a former Montana girl, this calendar speaks to me. Definitely a must have for those homesick for MT.

Montana Blue is an excellent book. I have always been a cowgirl at heart and riding the range with Trampus would be so exciting. I hope Brick Mosier writes more novels about the west and Trampus.

This is a well writtern compilation of historical tales. Highly informative to me as a visitor to this great state.

I bought this at a used bookstore intending to give it to a friend who used to live in Montana. But after leafing through it I had to try some of the simple, yet intriguing recipes. Now I can't bear to give it up, so have come to Amazon to find a new copy to give Gerald. This book is full of comfort food favorites as well as some new (to me) concoctions that have gotten rave reviews from eaters who don't have to be polite (family).