How to be a Cowboy
Alice V.Lickens
Pavilion Books
Calling all would-be cowboys, (and those who like quirky books) this is for you. It contains all kinds of useful info. – all the essentials that is – relating to cowboy living and a whole lot more. There are maps – one of the cowboy inhabited states in the US, another of cattle trails and a third a star map to guide those cowboys safely home; a spread of cowboy symbols, another to help you choose a name for your range, an ‘On the Ranch’ spread, a meeting with Mustangs, another with Texas Longhorns, some cowboy speak, information about specific jobs, and two spreads about dressing your extremities:

And these beauties …

‘Home on the Range’ gives facts about an 1886 chuck wagon that belonged to famous rancher, Charles Goodnight;

open out the folds to reveal four recipes you may or may not want to test, depending on your taste: ‘GUNSLINGER BEANS’, ‘SON OF A GUN STEW’. ‘SOCK COFFEE’(seriously), and ‘ROUNDUP STEW’.
If all this isn’t sufficient for your budding broncos, there is in addition a pop-out hairy-legged cowboy character to bring into being with this fab gear.

Love those endpapers too. YEEEHAAW! lads and lassies.
I know few picture books about cowboys other than Sue Heap’s delightful Cowboy Baby, which comes to mind instantly, so this one is doubly welcome.

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