Synopses & Reviews
This ol boy needs a bath!After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides its time to head to the river. Once there, he peels off all his clothes and tells his trusty old dog to guard them against strangers. He takes a refreshing bath and emerges clean as corn - but so fresh-smelling that his dog doesnt recognize him! Negotiations over the return of the clothes prove fruitless. A wrestling match ensues in a tale that grows taller by the sentence, climaxing in a fabric-speckled dust devil.
Amy Timberlake has inserted a Western twang into this tale of filth and friendship, and Adam Rex has found many creative means of bodily concealment in his expressive, comical paintings.
Review
"Because the cowboy is naked for a good part of the story and very active in large and small scenes and sequences, it is a real accomplishment to picture all the events without offending even the most modest sensibilities. Just lots of fun throughout." Children's Literature
Review
"Filled with the dusty reds and sundown bronzes of the New Mexico setting, the paintings have a gritty, sinewy look that matches the earthy tone of the tale....A fun look at life on the range." School Library Journal
Review
"Inspired by an anecdote passed down in the author's family, this cautionary tale should please all young readers with an aversion to soap and water." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Timberlake inserts a Western twang into this tale of filth and friendship, while Rex has found many creative means of bodily concealment in his expressive, comical paintings. Full color.
Synopsis
This ol' boy needs a bath!
After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides it's time to head to the river. Once there, he peels off all his clothes and tells his trusty old dog to guard them against strangers. He takes a refreshing bath and emerges clean as corn but so fresh-smelling that his dog doesn't recognize him! Negotiations over the return of the clothes prove fruitless. A wrestling match ensues in a tale that grows taller by the sentence, climaxing in a fabric-speckled dust devil.
Amy Timberlake has inserted a Western twang into this tale of filth and friendship, and Adam Rex has found many creative means of bodily concealment in his expressive, comical paintings.
Synopsis
In this verseand#160;tall tale, Cowpoke Clyde wants to bathe Dawg, who is dirty and muddy, but Dawg resists. Chaos ensues. Finally Clyde figures out a way to get Dawg clean (and get himself clean, too).
Synopsis
Cowpoke Clydeand#8217;s house was completely cleanand#8212;heand#8217;d even shooed off the horseflies: and#8220;Then right behind his cookinand#8217; pot, / he spied one thing heand#8217;d plumb forgot: / oland#8217; Dawg, his faithful, snorinand#8217; friend, / all caked with mud from end to end.and#8221; Needless to say, Dawg wakes up and runs. The chase that followsand#8212;with page-turn surprisesand#8212;makes for a hilarious shaggy-dog story involving fleas, a hog, bribery, cats, deception, and a mule. The rhyming stanzas are pitch-perfect, Texas-style, and plumb near cry out to be read aloud. Austinand#8217;s expressive acrylic and colored-pencil caricatures of Cowpoke Clyde and his menagerie are priceless. A storytime shoo-in!
About the Author
Amy Timberlake lives in Dekalb, Illinois, and
Adam Rex lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the first book for both of them.