Cowboys and Cowgirls: Yippee-Yay!

ISBN-13: 9780316168595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 32 str.

Gail Gibbons

Opis

In words and pictures, this book captures all the excitement and adventure of the Wild West. Gibbons's colorful watercolors deftly recreate cowboys clothing, equipment, and lifestyle, and the lively text includes descriptions of famous cowboys and cowgirls, as well as historical facts. Full color.

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Recenzje

Praise for Cowboys and Cowgirls: Yippee-Yay!:
"Almost everything kids ever wanted to know about cowboys is packed into this colorful picture book." --Booklist

Praise for Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea:
"An evocative and fact-filled entrée to oceanography, this'll whet kids' appetites for more technical and detailed approaches." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for Knights in Shining Armor:
"Children won't want to surrender this book, so buy multiple copies." --Booklist

"A shining example of the type of non-fiction that Gibbons does well." --School Library Journal

Praise for Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas:
"A successful melding of fun and fact." --Booklist

Praise for Recycle! A Handbook for Kids:
"Attractive and timely, an excellent introduction." --Kirkus Reviews

"Here's Gibbons, doing what she does best--taking a subject that's interesting to kids (and part of the curriculum), honing it down to the essential information, and presenting it in an appealing format." --Booklist

O autorze

Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated more than one hundred informational books for children. A talented writer who turns fact into entertainment, she has traveled across the country to research topics as diverse as deep-sea submersibles, the largest tree in the world, and more. Gail divides her time between a cottage on Matinicus Island off the coast of Maine and a farmhouse in Vermont surrounded by sugar maple trees.