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During the past seventy-five years Caxton Press has published more than one thousand titles. Some of those books have become regional classics. Hardly a day passes when we don't receive a query from someone looking for a Caxton book that was read to them when they were young by their parents, grandparents or a schoolteacher. Now they want to share those stories with their own children or grandchildren. In response to those requests Caxton proudly offers its Juvenile Classics Series -- books for children that have stood the test of time. |
Big Red: A Wild Stallion$13.95 ISBN 0-87004-404-4 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery The wild horses on our Western ranges trace their beginnings to the horses shipped to the New World by the Spanish explorers. The bands increased with the coming of the automobil, as many horses that were no longer needed were released to run wild. Many were killed for use in dog or cat food. Many wild stallions like Big Red fought to save the small bands of mares they had in their harems. This is the story of one wild stallion and his mares in the dangerous days before they were protected by federal law. 6 x 9, paperback, 164 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Broken Fang$15.95 ISBN 0-87004-416-8 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery In the animal kingdom, only the dog has a deep bond with man. How or when or whence this strange bond between the two had its beginning, we do not know. The dog alone volunteers to be man's chum and serf. This is the story of a dog wrongfully branded as a killer, who never lost the trust and confidence of his master. Bart, the dog in the Rutherford Montgomery classic, is all dog. He conducts himself as a dog throughout the story. His creator has mastered in full the secrets of canine reason. This feat by itself makes this book stand out from the ruck of dog narratives. 5½ x 8¼ paperback, 312 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Carcajou$17.95 ISBN 0-87004-403-6 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery Through the pages of this book stalks the mightiest of the wilderness villains, a freebooter and a bully, a bandit who knows nothing of fear. Kin to hte weasel, Carcajou the wolverine hsa the weasel's strength and cunning one hundred times multiplied. So little is known of the wolverine that even today there is little literature on the subject. But Rutherford Montgomery studied the animal's habits and observed him in his haunts in the Colorado Rockies. He uses what research to weave a thrilling tale of what happens when Carcajou, the unconquerable, tangles with a young Indian trapper and his pet grizzly bear. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 300 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Heart of the Wild$17.95 ISBN 0-87004-407-9 Caxton Press Chet Schwarzkopf This collection of twenty wild animal stories will delight readers of all ages. Each tale shows the point of view of one particular wild animal, describing his natural environment, the characteristics of his species, and recounting his daily pursuits and adventures. The author's detailed knowledge of animal life provides each story with its individual distinguishing quality--and where science leaves off, the author's imagination takes over to fill the gaps. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 286 ages, illustrated [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Lucretia Ann in the Golden West$17.95 ISBN 0-87004-409-5 Caxton Press Ruth Gipson Plowhead In this delightful story, Ruth Gipson Plowhead sends Lucretia Ann again into the hearts of young readers. Lucretia Ann, her kitty, Benjamin, and her chum Dimmis Greensleave, have finally reached their land o' dreams, The Golden West. Lucretia Ann in the Golden West, the second book of a trilogy, is set against a historical background, allowing youngsters to relive the pioneer days. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 246 pages, ilustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Lucretia Ann on the Oregon Trail $10.95 ISBN 0-87004-360-9 Caxton Press Ruth Gipson Plowhead A childrens' classic, with original text, cover art, and the wonderful illustrations of Agnes Randall Moore. First published in 1931, this old-fashioned story has timeless appeal to children of all ages; whether read aloud at story time, or read silently while curled up in a favorite spot. This story of a little girl crossing the plains with her family (and her mischievous tortoiseshell cat, Benjamin) in a covered-wagon train captures the romance and adventure of a child's life on the trail. Set against a true historical background, the book gives an authentic and vivid picture of pioneer days. Boys, girls, and children-at-heart will all enjoy Lucretia Ann on the Oregon Trail. 6x9, paperback, 250 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Lucretia Ann on the Sagebrush Plains$18.95 ISBN 0-87004-408-7 Caxton Press Ruth Gipson Plowhead Here are the further adventures of Lucretia Ann and Benjamin, the tortoise-shell cat, who crossed the plains on the Oregon Trail and made their home in the Golden West by the bank of a rushing stream. This is the third book of Ruth Gipson Plowhead's Lucretia Ann trilogy that has entertained young readers for almost eighty years. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 358 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Mystery of the Wild Horse Trap$15.95 ISBN 0-87004-411-7 Caxton Press Marian T. Place A fifteen-year-old boy attempts to solve a mystery to clear his father of robbery charges. When he takes a job at the ranch of a horse breeder, the youth becomes involved in strange happenings that seem to be connected to his father's trouble. Here is a vivid picture of Montanan in the 1880s, spiced with murder, robbery, and rustling. 6 x 9, paperback, 212 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe $15.95 ISBN 0-87004-093-6 Caxton Press Dell J. McCormick Children of all ages will enjoy McCormick's tales of the adventures of Paul Bunyan, mythical giant lumberjack of the North Woods. Exciting and rollicking stories-seventeen in all-of the logger and Babe the Blue Ox braving the Winter of the Blue Snow, digging the St. Lawrence River, and creating the Popcorn Blizzard have been collected by the author in the great logging camps of America. A perpetual best-seller the country over, this collection of McCormick's stories has sold well over one million copies in the various editions. Reading level 3.5. 6x9, hardcover, illustrated, 111 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Pekan the Shadow$13.95 ISBN 0-87004-406-0 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery Pekan the Shadow is a wildlife story laid in the Rocky Mountains of the West. It is the story of Terry Carter, a fourteen-year-old boy who believes any wild creature, even a killer like the fisher, is entitled to live his life the only way he knows--by hunting. Pekan, the fisher, belongs to the weasel tribe, a brownish black animal weighing twelve pounds or more. Terry must find a way to keep Pekan from raiding his father's trapline. 5½ x 8¼, paperback , 164 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Rufus$12.95 ISBN 0-87004-405-2 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery RUFUS is the story of a young bobcat and his struggle to survive in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. On his own for the first time, Rufus must stake out his territory and learn hunting skills. He must obey the laws of the wild that decree that the strong shall survive to maintain the balance of nature. Throughout the thrilling story, author Rutherford Mongtomery's observations and descriptions paint an interesting and accurate picture of the habits and traits of a bobcat and his family. Rufus is a book to be read and enjoyed by nature lovers of all ages. 5½ x 8¼. paperback, 138 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Tall Timber Tales $11.95 ISBN 0-87004-094-4 Caxton Press Dell J. McCormick A companion volume to Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe, this book contains twenty-one more tall tales of the giant logger and his Blue Ox, Babe. Told first on winter nights around bunkhouse stoves in the lumber camps, these stories will long remain the legends of America. Wildly imaginative drama is displayed by such whopping good lies as Paul's dredging Puget Sound, straightening out Powder River, and logging off the Dakotas. Reading level 3.5. 6x9, hardcover, illustrated, 155 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Living Wilderness$18.95 ISBN 0-87004-418-4 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery Wildlife stories by Rutherford Montgomery have delighted generations of readers from eight to eighty. Many of his titles are regarded as classics and have received numerous awards. In The Living Wilderness, Montgomery gives us a book that was in the making for sixty years. He details his personal acquaintanceship with wild animals in their natural habitat, with detailed descriptions of their manner of life, their habits, and their individual traits. This is no encyclopedic reference work designed to gather dust on the shelves of a library; it is a book to be read, loved, and treasured by nature lovers of every age. 5 ½ x 8¼, paperback, 202 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Valiant Seven$15.95 ISBN 0-87004-410-9 Caxton Press Netta Shelson Phelps When Henry and Naomi Sager decided to take their family to the far away Oregon Country, they didn't know that their seven children would arrive at their destination as orphans--with more tragedy looming on the horizon. The Valiant Seven paints a vivid picture of the hardships faced by the men, women, and children who blazed the trails west. It is also the story of indestructible human spirit. Netta Shelton Phelps used Sager Family diaries and interviews with three of the surviving children to create a classic story that became the basis for a motion picture. 6 x 9, paperback, 222 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Yellow Eyes$15.95 ISBN 0-87004-417-6 Caxton Press Rutherford Montgomery Far back in the wildest of the mountain country hides Yellow Eyes, the great mountain lion, the most cunning and powerful of his hunted kind. Beautiful and cruel, like all of the huge cats, Yellow Eyes and his mate, The Golden One, are tawny shadows lurking in the forest. Rutherford Montgomery was known for his honesty in the portrayal of animal life. In his stories animals are animals, not beasts playing the parts of human beings in the false drama of the wilderness. In Yellow Eyes he goes even deeper into his study of animal ways. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 358 pages, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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