A ten-year-old girl is captured by comanche on a South plains raid in the 1830s. Reared by the tribe, the little girl named Chosen by her captors-is strong enough to survive the pain of losing her whole world. A unique witness to a vanishing way of life. Chosen gradually becomes one with he new family, suffering with them as the white man decimates their ranks.

Follows fifteen years in the history of the Comanche people, from an 1838 attack by a Comanche raiding party on Madoc's Fort in Texas, to a surprise assault by white soldiers on a Comanche settlement in 1853.

As all the other leaves float off and fly past, Little Yellow Leaf thinks, I'm not ready yet. As the seasons change all around, Little Yellow Leaf holds on to the tree. Still not ready. Will Little Yellow Leaf ever be ready? This is a story for anyone who has ever been afraid of facing the unknown—and a celebration of the friends who help us take the leap.

Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. "Children will beg to share this book over and over."--American Bookseller

Despite the urging of wind, rain, and crow, an autumn leaf refuses to fall from its tree until a gardener relates the story of the seasons' cycle and nature's rebirth.

"A lyrical ode to that magical time in autumn when the leaves turn yellow"--