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Here are our favorite cowboy and cowgirl books for children. These titles can be found in the Easy section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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Tall in the Saddle
by Anne Carter
When a little boy's father leaves for work one morning, the boy follows him to find everything changes: a bicycle becomes a bucking bronco and the streets become dusty trails filled with hungry cattle herds and cattle rustlers.
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Ten-Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show
by Susan Stevens Crummel
Buffalo Chip's Wild West Show comes to Dog City and retired sheriff Bart, looking for some excitement, enters the bull-riding contest.
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
by Anne Isaacs
In 1870, Tulip Jones, a wealthy, self-reliant widow from England, acquires the By-Golly Gully Ranch in Texas and soon finds herself saddled with 1000 suitors.
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'Til The Cows Come Home
by Jodi Icenoggle
In the American West, a young cowboy tries to hold on to the perfect piece of leather for as long as possible in this retelling of 'The Button Story,' a Jewish folktale.
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Cowboy Bunnies
by Christine Loomis
At sunrise, the cowboy bunnies set out for a busy day on the ranch where they ride their ponies, rope their cattle, and toss the hay before having their campfire meal, playing their fiddles, and returning home to settle down to bed for the evening.
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Cowboy Christmas
by Rob Sanders
Roping steers and wrestling longhorns on their lonely range at Christmastime, grizzled cowboys Dwight, Darryl and Dub reminisce about their childhood Christmases and decide to make their camp more festive by decorating a cactus and dressing their cows as reindeer.
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Armadillo Rodeo
by Jan Brett
A rodeo is no place for an armadillo, but that is where Bo, the adventure-seeking, near-sighted armadillo, ends up, with hilarious results, as he is thrown off a bucking bronco, tastes red-hot chili peppers, and does the two-step with newfound friends.
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Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo
by Rebecca Janni
Nellie Sue enjoys the county fair but cannot wait to compete against the reigning champion of the bicycle rodeo, A. J. Pickett; but when a nearby goat breaks loose and threatens to ruin A.J.'s ride, Nellie Sue knows that it's her job as an honest cowgirl to step in--even if it means coming in second place.
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Real Cowboys
by Kate Hoefler
Real cowboys are gentle, patient, and creative as they move hundreds of cattle, make camp, and dream under the stars
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Rodeo Red
by Maripat Perkins
Rodeo Red and her hound dog Rusty are happier than two buttons on a new shirt—until Side Swiping Slim shows up. Red is sure that anyone who hollers that much will be hauled to the edge of town and told to skedaddle, but her parents seem smitten. When that scallywag sets his eye on Rusty, Rodeo Red had better figure out a way to save her best friend in all the world. Can she make a bargain with a varmint?
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Lexie, the Word Wrangler
by Rebecca Van Slyke
An uproarious celebration of words and their meanings by the author of Mom School features a strong cowgirl who would rather wrangle words than cattle.
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Alice From Dallas
by Marilyn Sadler
The story of a rootin' tootin' Pennsylvania cowgirl who rides her stick pony to school only to confront a real cowgirl newcomer from Texas.
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Cowboy Ned & Andy
by David Ezra Stein
On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete
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Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg
by Lori Mortensen
A strikingly illustrated tall tale in verse follows the antics of Cowpoke Clyde, whose efforts to bathe a resistant and very muddy Dawg are challenged by fleas, a hog, a mule and other factors before Clyde figures out a way to get both of them clean.
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Sixteen Cows
by Lisa Wheeler
Cowboy Gene and Cowgirl Sue happily live side-by-side on their own farms with their eight cows, but when a tornado removes the fence and mixes all the cows together, Gene and Sue have to find a way to figure out which in the herd belongs to whom.
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Giddy Up, Cowgirl
by Jarrett Krosoczka
Filled with great enthusiasm, young Cowgirl is excited about helping her mother with all her chores throughout the day, but when good intentions turn into unexpected mishaps, Cowgirl's mother must remind her thoughtful daughter that making the attempt is what truly counts.
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Pirates vs. Cowboys
by Aaron Reynolds
A scurvy pirate crew, led by Burnt Beard, finds trouble when they try to hide their treasure in Old Cheyenne and have a bit of trouble communicating with Black Bob McKraw, terror of the Wild West, and his posse.
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