Rodeo Queen

by Marci Peschke, Tuesday Mourning

Overview

When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean decides she wants to be the Rodeo Queen! But to do that, she must learn rodeo tricks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479560516
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Series:	Kylie Jean Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	112
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Marci Bales Peschke was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and now lives in Texas, where she is a librarian. She has lived in three haunted houses, but now lives with her husband, two children, and a feisty black and white cat named Phoebe. She loves reading and watching movies.

Table of Contents

Spring round-up — Rodeo dreams — Get a rope — Little bull rider — A pony named Star — Follow directions — Estrella guesses — Barrel-racing girl — One more week — Little cowgirl — Rodeo queen.

Editorial Reviews

Self-assured, chatty Kylie Jean declares, "I'm going to be a beauty queen. Just you wait and see!" Yet the eight-year-old Texan sets her sights on another title after dreaming that she's been named rodeo queen. Ruling out rope tricks and bull riding, she opts to enter the barrel-racing competition in the upcoming Wild West Rodeo, and she is tickled when her grandfather gives her a pony, one grandmother agrees to train her, and her other grandmother buys her a shirt and boots—pink to match her favorite cowboy hat. Kylie Jean's success at the rodeo is predictable, but her good nature, as well as that of her family ("If you promise to never get on a bull again, I promise to figure out a better plan for you," Kylie Jean's uncle says after her disastrous stint on a mechanical bull) offset the slightness of the story. Picturing the heroine with an oversize head and spindly limbs, Mourning's b&w cartoons, accented with pink washes, feel cheerful and fresh. Available simultaneously: Kylie Jean, Blueberry Queen; Kylie Jean, Drama Queen; and Kylie Jean, Hoop Queen. Ages 6–9. (Feb.)

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