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Title: Matthew the Cowboy by Ruth Hooker, Cat Bowman Smith, Kathy Tucker ISBN: 0807549991 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co Pub. Date: August, 1990 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: YeeeHaw
Comment: While I have one reservation about this book, it is good fun. THe illustrations are charming and full of detail, and Matthew really saves the day from the cattle rustlers. He is a smart young hero, and the story helps you learn the names of cowboy gear such as chaps, bridle, spurs, etc. I also enjoyed the little desert creatures that seemed to follow Matthew around.
The only reservation I had was in the originality of the plot itself. The story of cows being rebranded has been done before. The best example of a rustler overlaying a portion of a brand over an existing brand to change it completely, is in the Donald Duck story from October 1948 "Sheriff of Bullet Valley". That is one of the most famous stories ever written and illustrated by the great Carl Barks, and it has been reprinted a few times over the years.
It is still a fun book, and well worth the very affordable price here at Amazon.com. []
Rating: 5
Summary: If you have a toddler who's a cowboy, get this book!
Comment: There seem to be very few books for toddlers on cowboys. This is the best, and will continue to be even if others are written. Matthew gets a cowboy outfit for his birthday, and then "becomes" (in his imagination) a real cowboy, solving a mystery and capturing the bad guys in a non-violent way (the only "weapon" is a lasso, and the only visible pistol remains in the sherrif's holster). The book is PC: the storekeeper is oriental, and cowhands Slim, Tex, and Pete seem (from the wonderful illustrations) to be a senior citizen, woman, and Afro-American, respectively. My two-and-a-half-year-old son, who believes himself to be a real cowboy, has me read this to him at least twice each night, asking questions about the pictures, and generally being thrilled with it. If you have a toddler who's a cowboy, this is definitely the book for you. (Amazon.com's suggested age range of 4-8 may be about right, but, as I noted, my son is quite a bit younger and ! loves it.)
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Title: Cowboy A B C by Chris Demarest ISBN: 0789425092 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: I Want to Be a Cowboy by Firefly Books ISBN: 1552094324 Publisher: Firefly Books (J) Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Yippee Yay by Gail Gibbons ISBN: 0316309443 Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell, Randy Cecil ISBN: 0805064834 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots on by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton, James Rice, Lazzaro Knowlton ISBN: 1565540948 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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