Ride 'Em Cowboy.Ride 'Em Cowboy Stefan Czernecki Simply Read Books 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6M 3W6, Canada 189496506X $16.95 www.simplyreadbooks.com Engagingly written and distinctively illustrated with photography utilizing authentic folk art folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. and handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft props in make-believe scenarios, by Stefan Czernecki, Ride'Em Cowboy takes young readers ages 4 to 7 seven through a day's work (Naut.) the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. See also: Day on the range. Beginning with the crow of a rooster rooster its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility in the morning and the cowboys saddling up their horses for a days work of roping, riding; and a whole lot more, to the end of a long day's work and time to kick up a little fun square dancing, singing, and spending their pay, to bedtime and dreams of riding the rodeo, this colorful, lively, wonderfully entertaining picturebook story is a welcome and recommended addition to any child's reading list--especially if they have cowboy dreams of their own! |
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