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Cowboy Slim
Product Code: 90458 ISBN: 978-1-58089-045-8 Binding Information: Hardcover Ages: 4 - 7 Grade Highest: 2nd Grade Lowest: Pre-K Availability: In stock. Price: $15.95 A cowboy poet who can't rop, whip, or ride? who ever heard of that? Slim knows he could be a real cowboy if the ranch hands would just give him a chance. Action-filled drawings capture the excitement of a cattle run to Dodge City.
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In Danneberg's Cowboy Slim, the newcomer at the WJ Ranch confesses that he longs to be "a real cowboy," but inspired by the sights, scents, and sounds around him, Slim finds himself writing poetry instead. Although he tries to perfect more practical skills, his fellow cowboys must rescue him from one disaster after another. They learn the power of poetry, though, when the herd stampedes and Slim saves the day. Proving that poetic language doesn't have to be flowery, the well-chosen words of the narrative read aloud beautifully. Apple's detailed pencil drawings, washed with watercolors in desert tones, create a pleasing setting and a distinctive cast of characters; the cattle express emotions effectively. A droll tribute to the long tradition of cowboy poets, this will please any young tenderfoot who feels the call of the range.
BayViews - July 1, 2006
Slim's gruff companions ridicule him for writing poetry. Real cowboys "don't mess around with no fancy, perfumed words." Slim unsuccessfully tries his darndest to be a real cowboy but always fails. It isn't until his soothing words save the herd from stampeding that the other cowboys accept him. Colorful cowboy language and action-packed, dusty-colored illustrations will satisfy all cowboy lovers. An author's note even attests to the fact that cowboy poets really do exist. "Buckaroo Banter" defines Western terminology. So "jingle your spurs" and get this book.
Kirkus Reviews - December 15, 2005
A poetic greenhorn proves that the pen is mightier than the lasso in this winsome western. When Slim arrives at the WJ Ranch with dreams of being a "real cowboy," his enthusiasm emerges as poetry whose words tumble "across the paper, like puppies playin' in the yard." Buster, Sally and Red warn Slim that "real cowboys" ride, whip and rope and don't need "sissy stuff" like poetry. Slim's dreams evaporate on the trail when he's sent to the back of the herd because his riding, roping and whipping don't pass muster. "As out of place as a bull in a china shop," Slim decides to head home just as a thunderstorm triggers a stampede. After Red's roping, Buster's whipping and Sally's riding fail to divert the cattle, Slim's poems sooth the stampede. Humorous pencil and watercolor illustrations in dusty hues catch the cowboys in action while the light text lathered liberally with western lingo neatly captures cowboy cadence. Perfect for cowboys and -girls who long to ride at the head of the herd.
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