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Buckamoo Girls.


Buckamoo Girls

Ellen A. Kelley, author; Tom Curry Tom Curry (born 1 September 1894 in South Shields; died 6 February 1958 in Munich) was the trainer for Manchester United F.C.

He played for Newcastle United as a half-back, making 221 appearances in the 1920s, and scoring 5 goals.
, illustrator

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

115 West 18th Street, New York New York, state, United States
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0810954710 $15.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190

Imaginative author Ellen A. Kelley and award-willing illustrator Tom Curry present Buckamoo Girls, a children's picturebook about a pair of ordinary cows who dream about being a "cowgirl" team in the Old West. A bouncy rhyme rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans.  complements the exuberant exuberant /ex·u·ber·ant/ (eg-zoo´ber-ant) copious or excessive in production; showing excessive proliferation.

ex·u·ber·ant
adj.
Proliferating or growing excessively.
, colorful illustrations of the Buckamoo Girls' exploits, from square dancing to rodeo rustling to singing by campfire and moonlight. A wonderfully upbeat and carefree picturebook. "Yer cowgirl ride / sets with the sun. / You were cowgirls / jest fer fun!"
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Date:Feb 1, 2007
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