Cowboys and Cowgirls - Gibbons, Gail
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Grab your wide-brimmed hat, chaps, and spurs--let's round 'em up and move 'em along! The cowboys of the West are going on a cattle drive!
In words and pictures, Gail Gibbons captures all the excitement and adventure of cowboy life. Her colorful watercolors re-create cowboys' clothing, equipment, and lifestyle, and the lively text includes descriptions of famous cowboys and cowgirls, as well as historical facts.
True to Gail Gibbons's fine reputation as a nonfiction author for kids, Cowboys and Cowgirls will delight, excite, and inform any young buckaroo.

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Produktbeschreibung
Grab your wide-brimmed hat, chaps, and spurs--let's round 'em up and move 'em along! The cowboys of the West are going on a cattle drive!

In words and pictures, Gail Gibbons captures all the excitement and adventure of cowboy life. Her colorful watercolors re-create cowboys' clothing, equipment, and lifestyle, and the lively text includes descriptions of famous cowboys and cowgirls, as well as historical facts.

True to Gail Gibbons's fine reputation as a nonfiction author for kids, Cowboys and Cowgirls will delight, excite, and inform any young buckaroo.
Autorenporträt
Gail Gibbons has written more than 140 books and has been called a "master of picture book nonfiction" by Booklist. The Washington Post has said "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." In recognition of her "distinguished contribution to children's literature," Gail was awarded the Regina Medal Award. She is also the recipient of the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC Nonfiction Book Award. Gail's informational books cover a vast range of topics and have received innumerable awards and honors that range from American Library Association Notable Children's Books to National Science Teachers Association - Children's Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children to International Reading Association - Children's Book Council (IRA-CBC) Children's Choice Books, beloved by young readers across the country. She divides her time between Vermont and Matinicus Island, Maine.
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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