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Rodeo Red

by Maripat Perkins
illustrated by Molly Idle

Rodeo Red and her hound dog Rusty are happier than two buttons on a new shirt—until Sideswiping Slim shows up.

Red is sure that anyone who hollers that much will be hauled to the edge of town and told to skedaddle, but her parents seem smitten with the new addition to the family. When that scallywag sets his eye on Rusty, Rodeo Red had better figure out a way to save her best friend in the whole world. Can a cowgirl make a bargain with a varmint?

A rip-roaring new sibling story from Maripat Perkins and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Molly Idle.

Format: Hardcover
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
AR Level: 3.9
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.