Cowpokes

by Caroline Stutson, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator), Daniel San Souci (Illustrator)

Cowpokes wake, eat flapjacks, rope strays, mend fences, and strum guitars

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 1996

Reviews

[Elise · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute read-aloud book about what a cowboy ("cowpoke") does! I'm not sure why other reviewers only gave it two stars, but I think it is great! The pictures are lovely, the words have nice imagery, and the characters are cute. If your child loves horses or cowboys, check this out from the library!

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I confess I had to learn the proper pronunciation for dogies to read this book. I also had to look up chaparral. It’s totally worth it. My kids are tickled by the humorous illustrations. My daughter loves to find the young, sleepy cowpoke with the teddy bear on each page. So fun.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part I agree with Elise's review of Cowpokes. There really isn't a whole lot about this book to not like.

My nephew and I read this book together, and he did seem to be rather pleased with the pictures, but I think that the story was a little thin for him, actually. There were only about 75 words in this story, and while they're well chosen, I just think my nephew was kind of left waiting for the point.

Cowpokes is probably a good bedtime story for a little kid, perhaps a little boy in particular, who is into cowboy things. The illustrations do deserve some time to be looked at and talked about. There are some pretty cute, clever, and funny things on each page, and there is a little prairie dog who is the cowboys' constant companion. He is kind of fun to hunt for, and I'm sure that searching for him would give kids more time to really absorb and appreciate this book.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice, gentle poem about what cowboys do. The illustrations are lovely, and would work much better as a one-on-one book than a storytime book. There is a mischievous prairie dog that kids can find on each page, as well as a kid cowpoke with his teddy bear.

Probably would be a good bedtime book for a cowboy obsessed kid.

[Beverly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice, cartooney watercolors, showing multi-ethnic cowpokes.