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Kindergarten-Grade 2?Emerson and Post give kids the ultimate fantasy: mom's permission to "leave home and become a cowboy." Tired of cleaning his room, eating meat loaf and mashed potatoes, and going to bed at eight o'clock, Andrew McAlister joins the Bar-T ranch hands in their roping, branding, bean and cornbread eating, and sleeping under the wide open sky...until that, too, becomes routine. He returns home where he finds his life not so offensive and where he sometimes dreams of being a cowboy. Emerson's dry wit combines with Post's clever perspectives for a quiet, humorous story. Andrew's mother responds to her son's quest with a matter-of-fact, "Please try not to get your clothes too dirty." And while his vision of cowboy romanticism is seen from boot-level perspective, his disillusionment with cowhand chow is shown from the cook's viewpoint. Post sprawls his purple-blues and rusts across two-page spreads, ideal for both the settings and for adding a surrealistic tinge to the boy's fantasy. The large format enables group read-alouds, while the sparse text is appropriate for the just-beyond-beginning readers.?Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TX
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ages 4^-6. The collaborators who produced Magic Boots (1994) return with a picture-book version of a familiar adage, setting it around the assumption that kids still want to be cowpunchers. A disgruntled boy who opts to become a cowboy ("`Please try not to get your clothes dirty,' said his mother" ) slides smoothly into his new life. He rides the range, sleeps under the stars, and eats beans and cornbread to his heart's content--until that old sense of sameness sets in and memories of his mother's meat loaf and his nice, soft bed urge him home. There are really no surprises or action-packed scenes here, and the story teeters a bit uncomfortably between fantasy and reality. The illustrations, however, are quite striking. Printed on slick, shiny paper, they literally glow with the rich, deep sunset tones and will draw children into the simple cowboy yarn that speaks so plainly of the value of home. Stephanie Zvirin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2?Emerson and Post give kids the ultimate fantasy: mom's permission to "leave home and become a cowboy." Tired of cleaning his room, eating meat loaf and mashed potatoes, and going to bed at eight o'clock, Andrew McAlister joins the Bar-T ranch hands in their roping, branding, bean and cornbread eating, and sleeping under the wide open sky...until that, too, becomes routine. He returns home where he finds his life not so offensive and where he sometimes dreams of being a cowboy. Emerson's dry wit combines with Post's clever perspectives for a quiet, humorous story. Andrew's mother responds to her son's quest with a matter-of-fact, "Please try not to get your clothes too dirty." And while his vision of cowboy romanticism is seen from boot-level perspective, his disillusionment with cowhand chow is shown from the cook's viewpoint. Post sprawls his purple-blues and rusts across two-page spreads, ideal for both the settings and for adding a surrealistic tinge to the boy's fantasy. The large format enables group read-alouds, while the sparse text is appropriate for the just-beyond-beginning readers.?Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TX
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-6. The collaborators who produced Magic Boots (1994) return with a picture-book version of a familiar adage, setting it around the assumption that kids still want to be cowpunchers. A disgruntled boy who opts to become a cowboy ("`Please try not to get your clothes dirty,' said his mother" ) slides smoothly into his new life. He rides the range, sleeps under the stars, and eats beans and cornbread to his heart's content--until that old sense of sameness sets in and memories of his mother's meat loaf and his nice, soft bed urge him home. There are really no surprises or action-packed scenes here, and the story teeters a bit uncomfortably between fantasy and reality. The illustrations, however, are quite striking. Printed on slick, shiny paper, they literally glow with the rich, deep sunset tones and will draw children into the simple cowboy yarn that speaks so plainly of the value of home. Stephanie Zvirin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry by David Stanley on page 361, page 362, and Back Matter
- Fresh Tracks: Writing the Western Landscape by Pamela Banting in Back Matter
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