New Mexico rightly earns its nickname \"Land of Enchantmentwith natural treasures such as the White Sands NationalMonument, Carlsbad Caverns, and the Gila National Forest. But more than a beautiful landscape, New Mexico is steepedin the mystique, history, and tradition of multiple cultures, including the ancient Aztec and early Spanish explorers. Frompueblo villages and stately missions to the nuclear energyresearch at Los Alamos, E is forEnchantment showcases thepast, present, and futureof New Mexico. Helen Foster James has been an educator for more than twenty years, and is now a lecturerat San Diego State University. She received her doctorate from Northern Arizona University. One of her goals is to travel to all fifty states, and she's already visited more than half. Shelives in San Diego, California, with big stacks of children's books and her husband Bob. Neecy Twinem is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator of more thanseventeen published books. She earned a fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has exhibited her artwork in the United States and Europe. After a family trip to northernNew Mexico, Neecy fell in love with the Southwest and now makes her home in the naturalsurroundings of the Sandia Mountains area. | E Is For Enchantment by Helen Foster James, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters