James Rice

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1975
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Gaston

Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras (Dec-1999)
Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator (Dec-1999)
Gaston Drills an Offshore Oil Well (Oct-2002)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Lyn and the Fuzzy

    This bittersweet coming-of-age tale is the story of every child�s secret friend and confidant. Lyn is bored. All the activities he usually enjoys no longer seem interesting. With nothing to do, he wanders into a strange pet shop where he buys...

  • Cajun Alphabet

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  • Cajun Night Before Christmas Coloring Book

    "Set in a Louisiana bayou and told in Cajun dialect-de chirren been nezzle/Good snug on de flo'--the poem has lively illustrations that perfectly suit the unique text."-Horn Book

    "Rice is especially good with facial expressions, whether they...

  • Texas Night Before Christmas

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    ""'Twas the night before Christmas . . ."" and Texas is ready and waiting for old Santy to appear. You may know the story, but you've never heard it like this before. Based on Clement C. Moore's poem, Texas Night Before Christmas is filled with i...

  • Texas Alphabet

    Texas Alphabet is pure Texas! Texas Jack, a native jackrabbit, teaches the reader about significant Lone Star characters, historical events, and geography. In this illustrated volume, you�ll meet Davy Crockett, Ponce de Leon, Sam Houston, and...

  • Texas Night Before Christmas Coloring Book

    "'Twas the night before Christmas . . ." and Texasis ready and waiting for old Santy to appear. You may know the story, butyou've never heard it like this before. Based on Clement C. Moore's poem,Texas Night Before Christmas is filled with images ...

  • Flags of Texas

  • Texas Jack At The Alamo

  • Cowboy Night Before Christmas

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    ""Twas a cold Christmas eve on the Southwestern plain,"" and two lonely cowboys are shivering from the cold. A knock at the door of their sod shanty rouses them, and they admit a fat little old man with frost on his whiskers and hat.

    The ol...



  • Cowboy Night Before Christmas Coloring Book

    Children will delight in reading this clever rendition of theclassic poem, and coloring in James Rice�s celebrated artwork of two lonelycowboys, Old Saint Nicholas, and the ornery Longhorns they must try and get topull his sleigh.Cowboy Night...

  • Gaston Goes to the Kentucky Derby

    “The story is done in rhyme, which makes it great to read aloud. The colorful illustrations are just delightful, each covering two pages, thus giving a powerful sense of movement to the story.” -- Children’s Literature James Rice (1934-2004),...

  • Christmas at the J-O

    At the J-Bar Nothing Ranch on Christmas Eve, Patricia, Jason and their mother are waiting alone for their father to return from his drive. With an approaching Blizzard, they decide to go ahead and find a tree themselves, a scraggly mesquite branch th...

  • Trail Drive

  • Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras

    Gaston

  • Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator

    Gaston

    Unprepared for his yearly trek because of a series of problems, a perplexed Santa sees Gaston in flight-suddenly the friendly alligator is employed to help save Christmas Eve. Gaston®, the intrepid green-nosed alligator from the bayou, ventures f...

  • Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras Coloring Book

    Gaston� the Green-nosed Alligator has returned from the swamp and is taking adventurous readers on a colorful tour of Mardi Gras. From the Jefferson City Buzzards, the oldest marching group in the city, to the Krewes of Rex and Zulu, author a...

  • Victor Lopez at the Alamo

  • Gaston Drills an Offshore Oil Well

    Gaston

    Always anxious for new experiences, the intrepid Gaston, the green-nosed alligator, decides to invest his hard-earned savings in an oil well off the coast of Louisiana. As in Gaston's previous adventures, the locale, terminology, and techniques de...

  • Too Tall Thomas Rides the Grub Line

    While cowboys often regard riding the grub line as a pleasant break from the rugged lifestyle that comes with the job, Too Tall Thomas is discouraged by the many jobs that he believes 'ain't no kind of work for a cowboy.'

    ...



  • Santa's Revenge

    For over 30 years, Santa has been sent around the globe, from Texas to Ireland, in everything from Cajun muskrat to Pennsylvania Dutch outfits, bringing good cheer and gifts to various segments of the population. But what was wrong, he wonders, wi...

  • Gaston Goes to Texas

    A hurricane sweeps an alligator away from his Louisiana bayou home and off on an adventure in Texas in this colorful tale. Gaston the green-nosed alligator, the Deep South’s most celebrated children’s book character, is off on a new and exciting ...

  • Gaston Lays an Offshore Pipeline

    The irrepressible, friendly Gaston the green-nosed alligator helps some new friends lay a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Stirred by curiosity, Gaston follows a huge barge carrying pipes, which leads away from the lazy cool of his bayou home. Outf...

  • Sir Richard Whittington - Lord Mayor Of London

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

  • Alice and the Fly

    Greg is cripplingly shy, afraid of spiders, and obsessed with Breakfast at Tiffany's . He's not exactly the most popular kid at his high school. In fact, he pretty much goes out of his way to avoid talking to anybody he doesn't have to. And it doesn...

  • Gaston Joins the Circus

    The Green-Nosed Alligator clowns around!

    Down by the bayou, Gaston® is awoken by a commotion across the swamp. He spots a red and white tent with marvelous acts -- the circus has come to his quiet abode. Always an adventurous animal, Gaston...

  • Cowboy Alphabet

    Supplies a wealth of information for would-be cowpokes, young and old alike. From A's armadillo to Y's yonder, this primer initiates the reader into rodeo lore, desert fauna, cowboy dress, and a Z-is-for-zillion other aspects of cowboy life.

    ...

  • The Girls Behind the Walls

    Her husband was murdered, then thrown into jail, and now he's missing. After her husband, Bruce, is gunned down by someone she knows, Linda calls every hospital in town but can't find him. Days later, she learns Bruce is alive and being held in a cou...

  • I Know Who Killed Your Daughter

    He has to catch a serial murderer who knows his deadly secret. A year after a cunning serial killer slaughtered Detective Hudson's daughter, Liz, a man named Ed Roth confesses to the murder to an informant. For some reason, Hudson is convinced Roth i...

  • Walk

    Stephen had seemed enthusiastic about the walk, when Benny first invited him. He kept going on about how amazing it'd be, the two of them out in the wilderness - the landscape shots, the pubs, etc., etc.Benny didn't interrupt this stream of enthusias...



  • Godia Chronicles

    A dream that can never be, and the will to defy nature's cruel fate. Such was the upbringing of Kyleen Star. A girl with aspirations to become a wizard, born to a race incapable of professional magic. An innate handicap, overcome by unrelenting heart...

  • Shadows of Man L

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Rice has published 31 books.

James Rice does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Shadows of Man L, was published in February 2024.

The first book by James Rice, Lyn and the Fuzzy, was published in February 1975.

Yes. James Rice has 1 series.
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