Project Description
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-816-5
Publication Date: 3/1/2015
Page Count: 32
Size: 9-3/8 ̎ x 10-3/8 ̎
Age Range: 4 – 8
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-1-68263-203-1
Publication Date: 2/1/2021
Page Count: 32
Size: 9-3/8 ̎ x 10-3/8 ̎
Age Range: 4 – 8
Language: English
F&P: M, Gr 2, Genre TL
Lexile: AD720L
Themes: Conflict Resolution, New Sibling, Sharing
BISAC 1: JUV013040 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby
BISAC 2: JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
BISAC 3: JUV042000 JUVENILE FICTION / Westerns
Reviews
“Playfully spirited and upbeat…a rootin’-tootin’ tale that won’t fail to quick-draw a smile.” ―Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
“Perfect for reading aloud, it will have even the most die-hard Yankee speaking with a Texas drawl.” ―School Library Journal
“Old West lingo gives voice to the old story of sibling rivalry sparked by a new baby.…Giddy-up, big sisters!” ―Kirkus Reviews
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“A good choice for a favorite young cowpoke.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Idle’s high-spirited colored-pencil illustrations straddle Red’s real life and her wild (west) imagination…Perkins’s drawling text uses kid-centric, Old West-flavored expressions…to which readers and listeners will surely take a cotton.” ―The Horn Book Magazine
“This Western take on the new-sibling fiasco hits its mark, to amusing effect.” ―The New York Times
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Awards
CCBC Choices (Picture Books for School-Age Children) ―Cooperative Children’s Book Center, 2016
Alabama Camellia Award (Nominee, Grades 2-3) ―Alabama Department of Education, 2016-2017
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee, Picture Books) ―Arizona Library Association, 2017
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Meet the Author

Maripat Perkins is a former Montessori teacher who lives in Michigan with her plum peach of a family and a few rascally varmints. Rodeo Red is her first picture book.
Meet the Illustrator

Molly Idle had a career with DreamWorks Feature Animation Studios before leaping into the world of children’s book illustration. She is the author-illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Flora and the Flamingo, as well as Camp Rex and Tea Rex. She lives in Arizona. You can visit her website here.