11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
saddle up!, March 23, 2005
This review is from: Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa (Hardcover)
Join Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa on their wild west adventures. This is the first book for the Cowgirl Kate series. Cowgirl Kate loves her job as a rancher and tries to do her best. Cocoa however is always hungry and gets Kate off track when she has to feed him. There are four chapters in the book. Each is like a separate adventure for the 2 best friends!
Cocoa the horse was a neat character. He was always hungry and avoided bedtime. He sounds a lot like a real child instead of a horse!
I would recommend this book to kids who are just learning to read. The words are simple and easy and the chapters are short.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great friends, October 16, 2006
This title is a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book. Cowgirl Kate and her
horse Cocoa understand each other perfectly. Sometimes Cocoa does not
want to work and Kate knows just what to say to get him moving. When
she cannot count all the cattle,Cocoa helps her. Cocoa is always hungry
and Kate works hard to take care of him.
When she can't sleep, he sings her a lullabye.
"Will you fluff my straw?" Cocoa asked.
Cowgirl Kate sighed.
"I am very tired," she said.
But she climbed out of her sleeping bag
and fluffed his straw.
Then she crawled back into her sleeping bag.
"I am hungry," said Cocoa
Cowgirl Kate sighed.
You are always hungry," she said.
But she climbed out of her sleeping bag
andgave him three carrots.
Then she crawled back into her sleeping bag.
"Uh-oh! My water bin is low," said Cocoa.
Cowgirl Kate groaned.
"Why didn't you tell me that before?"
"I didn't think of it before, " said Cocoa.
"First I was thinking about straw.
Then I was thinking about food.
Now I am thinking about water."
"You are doing too much thinking," said Cowboy Kate.
Lewin's paintings are comical and expressive. Kate and Cocoa's expressions are priceless as they stare at each other during this exchange.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great books and a great reading motivator, November 6, 2009
My 5-yo daughter was on the cusp of learning to read. She knew all the sounds, the basics of the how, but lacked the drive to push her over the edge.
Enter Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa. Exactly what was needed for a little girl who has dreamed of her own horse for 3 years!!!!
We started slow, she would read a page, I would read a page. Eventually she was able to get through a whole page without help. And she is now reading other books as well.
These are not the "easy readers" - there are some challenging words, some cowgirl-specific vocabulary. But it was the RIGHT motivation for my little cowgirl. And that is what is important!
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