The Golly Sisters Ride Again (I Can Read Books) [Hardcover]

Betsy Cromer Byars (Author), Susan G. Truesdell (Illustrator, Photographer)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: I Can Read Books

May-May and Rose, that zany theatrical team from The Golly Sisters Go West and Hooray for the Golly Sisters, take their show on the road again. This time they find a talking rock, weather a terrible thunderstorm, and take a much-needed vacation in a style that's pure Golly folly. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-This third book about the famous sisters is just as funny and original as the other two. The Gollys, a singing, dancing team, travel all over the West in their covered wagon, entertaining the residents of different towns. Truesdell's bright watercolors depict the silly duo as they try to rid themselves of a bad-luck goat in the audience, journey to see a magic talking rock, and have other adventures. The easy-to-read stories are great fun and will involve children, but there is also a warmth and feeling of love between these siblings that permeates the book. When May-May and Rose hide together under their bed, sing so they won't hear the thunder, and close their eyes so they can't see the lightning, readers get a glimpse into their special, close relationship.
Jan Shepherd Ross, Dixie Elementary Magnet School, Lexington, KY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 1-3. May-May and Rose, the Golly sisters, are back in a third collection of lively "old West" yarns for beginning readers to enjoy. This time their traveling show is disrupted by a goat. They also discover a talking rock, fight over a script, dive under their covered wagon's bed to sing away their fear of a thunderstorm, and cavort in a field for a little "vacation." The sisters have lots of personality, the vocabulary is generally right on target, and the episodes move along smartly, abetted by Truesdell's great color illustrations, which capture the spry, feisty duo in all their melodramatic posturing and comedy. Lots of fun. Stephanie Zvirin

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; 1st edition (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060215631
• ISBN-13: 978-0060215637
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,515,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Betsy Byars began her writing career rather late in life First, she married and started a family. The writing career didn't emerge until she was 28, a mother of two children, and living in a small place she called the barracks apartment, in Urbana, Illinois. She and her husband, Ed, had moved there in 1956 so he could attend graduate school at the University of Illinois. She was bored, had no friends, and so turned to writing to fill her time. Byars started writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post, Look,and other magazines. As her family grew and her children started to read, she began to write books for young people and, fortunately for her readers, discovered that there was more to being a writer than sitting in front of a typewriter. "Once a wanderer came by my house and showed me how to brush my teeth with a cherry twig; that went in The House of WingsThe Summer of the Swans." Since that time, Byars has written more than 45 books for young readers and has won numerous awards, including The American Book Award, which she received in 1981 for The Night Swimmers. The humor, compassion, and insight Byars brings to each of her books won her a large audience of admirers both in the United States and abroad. Six of her novels were presented on national television, and her books are translated into nine languages. Six of Byars' novels have been named ALA Notable Books, and in 1971, The Summer of the Swans -- a story about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother -- won the Newbery Award as the most distinguished contribution to literature for children in the year of its publication. Byars was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 7, 1928. Unlike many of the characters in her books, Byars grew up in a normal, loving family. Her father was an engineer and worked as a bookkeeper in a cotton mill. He was stern and hardworking and had a strong sense of humor. Her mother was a lively woman who loved acting and music. Byars's sister, Nancy, two years older, was sometimes an inspiration and sometimes an evil nemesis. Byars has always been adventurous and never allows a few setbacks to prevent her from doing things she wants to experience, like petting a blacksnake and flying planes. The snake was named Moon and became the subject of her 1991 autobiography, The Moon and I. Betsy Byars and her husband live on an air strip in South Carolina, and have traveled widely throughout the United States in pursuit of their interest in gliding and antique airplanes. They have four grown children and seven grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Tales for an Early Reader, March 17, 2002

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Irene Pulfer "Katie's Mom" (Amherst, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golly Sisters Ride Again (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

2 women with spunk, humor and caracter go west to make their fortunes. Each chapter is a self-contained story that has good dialogue, character and keeps you laughing. My 6 year old daughter loves these stories.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginning readers, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Golly Sisters Ride Again (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

My seven year old daughter has had this book for a year and loves it. I started reading it to her and now she reads it herself; its one of her favorites. The characters of the two sisters are easy for her to identify with and she finds the stories very funny. Her favorite chapter is about the sisters competing for the princess role in a proposed play, The Princess and the Troll.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginning readers, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Golly Sisters Ride Again (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

My seven year old daughter has had this book for a year and loves it. I started reading it to her and now she reads it herself; its one of her favorites. The characters of the two sisters are easy for her to identify with and she finds the stories very funny. Her favorite chapter is about the sisters competing for the princess role in a proposed play, The Princess and the Troll.