Sanders, Rob
Cowboy Christmas
Illustrated by John Manders
Golden Books, 2012.
$10.99 PICTURE BOOK Content: G.
Three
cowboys and their cook are working out in the desert with their cattle during
the week of Christmas. As they
remanice about Christmas’ pass they come up with funny and interesting ways to
celebrate the holidays. In place
of a Christmas tree, they decorate a cactus with hay and cans of corn. They try to bake cookies over the
campfire and decorate them with beans (because they don’t have sprinkles), but
they taste awful. Then they dress
up the cattle to look like reindeer, but then they decide the cows look
ridiculous. Feeling glum, the
cowboys resign themselves to the fact that Santa Claus will never find them and
they go to work. While in the
pasture, they see a bright light back at camp and when they return Santa has
come by seeing the light of the campfire.
The illustrations are cartoonish and cute. The ideas the cowboys come up with are funny and the story
is easy to follow. The ending
seemed a bit rushed, but it was a good Christmas story.
El (K-3)-ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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