Author Professor Matt Downey says:

The content of Discover Colorado is aligned with the grade level expectations for Grade 4 in the new History Standards. While exploring familiar topics of Colorado history, the book is grounded in such standards-based concepts as chronology, cause and effect, historical eras, and the interactions among people and cultures. The book and the Teacher’s Guide also address the grade-level expectations in the new standards for Reading, Writing, and Communicating, with reading comprehension strategies embedded in each chapter of the textbook. The newly revised Teacher’s Guide includes activities that use primary sources to engage students in historical thinking.

Download a PDF of how each chapter of Discover Colorado meets the new content standards

A Tribute to Fly-Tying Form and Function

Author: Scott Sanchez

Media: Paperback

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 978-0-87108-945-8

Pages: 154  Size: 10 x 7

Purchase from Mountain Press, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

A master fly-tying artist himself, author Scott Sanchez profiles twenty of the luminary artists whose contributions to fly tying are legend, along with drawings, recipes, and gorgeous photos of their flies.

Reviews

Fly-tying and fly-fishing bring together unique characters and personalities. Yet it is an understatement to say that Scott Sanchez fits into these categories. In reality, he defines them.

Recently, Scott’s third book, Never Ending Stream: A Tribute to Fly Tying Form and Function, arrived on local shelves. The book is a combination of Scott’s fine photos melded into an elaborative collection of notable tiers and their patterns that Scott gently profiles. Even if your interests tend more toward fishing than fly-tying, Scott’s books are pleasant to read and own. This recent volume is a perfect holiday gift.

–Paul Bruun, Jackson Hole News & Guide

Scott Sanchez is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet and he’s a great member of the fly-fishing community. He’s also a father and husband and he’s leading the push to put as many young people on the water as possible. What does all that mean? He’s a great ambassador for our sport.

He’s also an entertaining writer and a talented photographer. And he’s credited with tying some of the most effective fly patterns for the northern Rockies, creations at the vice based on his forays from a home base in Jackson, Wyoming. He’s an old hand on Flat Creek, the Snake River, all of Yellowstone Park, Montana’s Madison and Yellowstone rivers, and all the other tributary streams that dump into the big waters around Jackson. He created the Double Bunny, which was so effective it was actually banned from the Jackson Hole One Fly Contest after destroying the competition for a couple straight years.

What Sanchez doesn’t possess is an ego. And I think that’s what makes his new book, The Never Ending Stream, A Tribute to Fly-Tying Form and Function (Pruett, $34.95), such a great read.

Don’t get lost in the title. I think it sounds too scientific for what this book is, profiles of the interesting western fly-tyers, modern and historic. Sanchez details, in a very interesting way, the lives of these tyers and how he met them. There’s fishing talk, there’s bar talk and there’s lots of bug talk. You can’t read this book and not head to the stream without new ideas on trout forage. Want to know a Baetis cripple conversation between Sanchez and Jay Buchner went in the Shilo Inn Bar? Want to know why George Grant lashed pins to the sides of his flies? Want to know why Sanchez included Franz B. Pott in the book? All those answers are in the book. Regarding the Pott reference, Sanchez writes, How can you tell where you are going if you don’t know where you came from?

Sanchez knows where his fly-tying skills and current prowess came from and in The Never Ending Stream he pays homage to the guys who took time to share their knowledge with an interested kid. Today, we can share in Sanchez’ ongoing excitement and his commitment to the future of fly fishing.

–Greg Thomas, www.anglerstonic.com

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR– Professional fly tier and long-time celebrity fly fishing guide Scott Sanchez started fly fishing and fly tying at the age of 12. He grew up in Salt Lake City and tried his self-taught fly fishing skills on the trout of the Wasatch front. At 14 he taught his first fly tying class. He is the author of two other fly tying books, A New Generation of Trout Flies and Tying Salt Water Flies. Scott originated the Double Bunny and many other patterns, and he was awarded the prestigious Buz Buszek Memorial Award by the Federation of Fly Fishers in 2010. He lives in Jackson, WY where he works at Jack Dennis Outdoor Shop.

By Kay Turnbaugh with Illustrations by David Brooks

Imagine an insect as small as a fat grain of rice killing a tree that towers 70 feet above the forest floor.

Seems impossible, doesn’t it? Not for the mighty mountain pine beetle!

Learn the secrets of how this tiny insect has managed to change our western forests. Discover how the trees are fighting back, and find out what you can do during this mighty mountain pine beetle epidemic. Chomp! Chomp!

KIDS

Download a page to print and color.

Solve a Mountain Pine Beetle puzzle,
watch a woodpecker catch a Mountain Pine Beetle larva,
test your Mountain Pine Beetle knowledge.
Visit http://www.mpbbook.com/.

Ages: 8 to 12
ISBN: 978-0-87108-958-8
Media: Paperback
Price: $14.95
Pages: 56   Size: 8.375″ x 9″
40 color photographs
Glossary and Index

  Yes, this is us too. It was our working cover for a while.

PURCHASE  from Amazon, Mountain Press, Barnes & Noble

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A children’s book on the bark beetle epidemic. This book is full of up-close photos of what the beetles naturally do. Kay Turnbaugh tells the story of how such a tiny insect has managed to change the landscape of our western forests. With lively text, vivid photographs, and engaging illustrations, The Mountain Pine Beetle tells us how these beetles operate and how the forests manage to survive.

–HeadwatersNews.org

Authors: Wendy Pierce and Becky Warren

Media: Paperback

Price: $18.95

ISBN: 978-0-87108-961-8

Pages: 200  Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Longtime Montana residents, hikers, and dog lovers Wendy Pierce and Becky Warren feature 55 hikes in this comprehensive guide to western Montana. The trails are rated easy to strenuous, with maps and photos included for each route. The authors include information not easily gleaned from a map, including how easy it is for a dog to get to water from the trail, where to keep your dog under control, and where it’s okay to let him or her roam free.

Their beloved dogs also wrote “notes” about each hike, including observations about squirrels, swimming holes, horse poo, and how easy or difficult the hike was for each age and breed.

Hikes in wilderness areas, hikes close to urban areas, dog parks in cities, and good places to release pent-up energy from too much time in the car are all described. With this much information in one easy-to-use source, there’s no excuse—time to get out hiking!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Wendy Pierce has lived in western Montana for over 25 years. She loves to hike, camp, cross-country ski, and, of course, spend time with her dog. When she is not out with Milo, she can be found at her “day” job, teaching middle school science and language arts.

Milo Pierce was born on the shore of Flathead Lake. His favorite things to do are hike, eat, and chase balls. When he is done with that, he likes to hike more, eat more, and chase more balls. His favorite toy is a stuffed Elmo, which he brings to bed with him each night.

Becky Warren is a freelance writer in addition to a full-time business and software professional. Becky spends as much time as possible outside: skiing, hiking, running, fishing, and gardening, which are often themes in her written work.

Doc Warren was rescued by Becky and her husband when Doc was a year old. After getting over his fear of car rides, Doc soon learned to love fresh air in his face and became a trail dog and a loyal drift-boat mate.

Uma Warren is a German Wirehair Pointer from Idaho where she was well-schooled in the art of bird hunting. She has one speed—fast—and when it comes to dinner, she eats lying down.

COLORADO

• Boulder Hiking Trails

• Wild Boulder County

• Telluride Trails

• Hikes Around Fort Collins

• Grand Junction Hiking Guide

• Hiking Trails of Southwestern Colorado

• San Juan Adventure Guide

• GPS Waypoints of Colorado’s Fourteeners

• Colorado’s Hot Springs

MONTANA

• Day Hikes With Dogs: Western Montana

ARIZONA

• Tucson Hiking Guide

BACKPACKING

• Go Backpacking

FISHING

• A Fly Fisher’s Guide to the South Platte River

• Fly Fishing in Southern Colorado