Publication Date: February 1, 2011 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years | Lexile Measure: 820L (What's this?)
Chile's good, so is barbecue, but nothing's finer than FANDANGO STEW! No money? No problem! In this sunny, funny western-style take on the famous folktale “Stone Soup,” two penniless but wily vaqueros (cowboys) trick a whole town into cooking a giant pot of stew for everyone to share. David Davis's deliciously colorful language and Ben Galbraith's delightful illustrations make this picture book a tasty confection.
Key Selling Points: A great read-aloud trickster tale
Award-winning author whose books have twice appeared on the Children's Choice Top 100 list
Offers a gentle message about sharing and community-building
About the Author DAVID DAVIS's picture books include Texas Zeke and the Longhorn, Librarian's Night Before Christmas, and A Southern Child's Garden of Verses. His Jazz Cats, and Ten Redneck Babies were both named to the Children's Choice Top 100 list. An active presenter at schools, conferences, and libraries, David lives in FORT WORTH, TEXAS. Learn more about him at www.davidrdavis.com.
About the illustrator BEN GALBRAITH is author and illustrator of The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff, praised by PW: “Working very much in the vein of Lane Smith, Galbraith produces a book both visually hip and handsome.” Ben lives in NEW ZEALAND. Find out more at www.bengalbraith.co.nz.
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David Davis has written several children's picture books and has had titles named in Children's Choice Top 100 list. An active presenter at schools, conferences and libraries, David lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Learn more about him at www.davidrdavis.com. Ben Galbraith is an author and illustrator, he lives in New Zealand. Find out more at www.bengalbraith.co.nz.
I'd like to tell you folks a bit about my new ebook. "Travels With Grandpaw" is Tuesdays With Morrie--in Boots. I'm usually known for my children's picture books. This is my venture into non-fiction writing for adults. It's my coming of age story with Texas in the last century as a backdrop. A memoir of Texas tales.
I traveled with my beloved "Grandpaw" Raymond Lacy (1905-97) across Texas in a relationship that spanned forty-nine years. He taught me about hunting, fishing, loving, kindness, courage and loss. We had many adventures and you can share them, too.
Visit South Texas as Grandpaw faces off against the smartest stub-tailed one-eyed pirate of a rat in in the Lone Star State. Travel back to a Hill Country Christmas in the 1880's as told by an old cowboy born in 1869. Corner a wild tomcat in a Cherokee County outhouse with Raymond and his brother, Alton in 1910. Celebrate an early 1900's East Texas Christmas with a buckboard full of roman candles, a new Barlow pocket knife, music,firewater, and a kind old Cherokee named Joe.
Come along with David, and watch a monumental skeet shooting contest between Grandpaw with his old square-backed Browning and an arrogant skeet shooter shooting an engraved Beretta over and under outside of San Antonio in 1960. Watch Grandpaw and David as they encounter a dancing duck thief near Indianola, Texas.
Attend a country wake in the Texas Piney Woods. Ride along with Ray's band in 1920 when they play a rural dance--and have to fend off a gang of troublemakers and a vicious pit bull. Stand beside Grandpaw as he stands up against four young hoodlums--when he was in his eighties!
This book is about growing up, growing old, and the wheel of life, but mostly it is about laughter--and Raymond Lacy, an unbribed soul.
AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY
David Davis is a humorist, cartoonist, writer, and speaker. He's half of the "Two For One" dynamic duo school visit team.Davis has written 15 picture books so far. He grew up in Texas. Most of his stories and picture books draw on his Texas roots and his love of music. Two of his books "Texas Mother Goose" and "Texas Aesop's Fables" were named to syndicated columnist and writer, Glenn Dromgoole's Texas Top Ten List of books about Texas.
In addition to books, David has published pen & ink artwork, cartoons, poems, humor, and short stories.
He's an active speaker and presenter at educational conferences and schools. Davis is known for his good natured humorous talks.
He's done programs from Pre-K all the way to graduating teachers at college level.He's done programs at LeTourneau University, Baylor University, and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi. He's presented at the Dallas Children's Book Festival, The West Texas Book Festival, and the Corpus Christi Children's Book Festival, among others.
He's appeared on TV, radio, and as featured author at the Texas Book Festival,Texas Librarian's Association Conference,Arkansas Reading Association Conference,Kansas Reading Recovery Conference, and many more. Over the years, He's traveled the country on numerous book tours.
Gorgeous illustrations and a powerful voice for adults -- Just plain fun for the kids. What an exciting way to learn about sharing and compassion. I'm a fan of David Davis, have been for several years, and he is the king of turning a phrase into a powerful, frolicking mouthful of fun. Throw in colorful, old west poster board illustrations, and no kid will go hungry,
When I brought this book home last night I figured I'd gather the family around and read it today, but my kids beat me to it! Our 9-year-old found it this morning, started reading it in her best Texas accent and the 5 and 7-year-olds hung on her every word. I can't think of any higher praise for a children's book than when children pick it up and finish it on their own. Great book!
Taking its inspiration from the classic folk tale "Stone Soup," "Fandango Stew" creates a wonderful world of cowboy country right down to the fonts they use for the text. I didn't even recognize the origin of the story until well into the book, and an adage about the warm and fuzzy joys of sharing serves as a wonderful addition to the original. Great job.
My kids loved it so much that I bought three copies to give as gifts to friends with small children (girls and boys). All their children love the book, too. Great story with beautiful illustrations.
This book has legs. I wasn't sold on it initially--the story's essentially a stone-soup re-write--but the western setting gives it some novelty (and room for cowboy accents!), and the illustrations are a feast--marvelous fodder for little detail-hunters. But what impresses me most is that our 3.5 year-old has been asking for this book on a semi-weekly basis for a year now, while other books seem to become old hat after six or seven reads.
This a wild west based stone super story. But the story and the pictures are delightful. My year old son and 2.5 year daughter both enjoy having it read to them. A family hit. Adorable.
Fandango stew is a wonderful story of family, new friends and sharing. My grandson (5 years old) really likes this story. We read it often together over skype.
