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A Brand Is Forever
Despite her grandfather's reassurances, Annie worries about the coming branding of her own pet calf, Doodle, and she is determined to stand by Doodle all the way.
46 pages, Hardcover
First published March 22, 1993
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Ann Herbert Scott
20 books8 followersAnn Herbert Scott describes herself as "a transplanted Easterner who has come to love the wide skies and far mountain ranges of the West." She is the author of SAM, ON MOTHER'S LAP, and several other picture books. She lives Benicia, California.
Ann Herbert Scott was born in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and grew up writing. Her first children's book, co-authored with a friend and never published, was written at the age of 13. Many honors and children's books followed with a hiatus to marry and raise a family. Today, Scott is one of America's foremost authors of children's literature. She deftly uses her B.A. in English (University of Pennsylvania) and M.A. in Social Ethics (Yale University) to bring both credibility and wonder to her work. Many of her books deal with western, ethnic, and rural themes.
Scott moved to Reno in 1961, when she married William Taussig Scott (1916-1999), a physics professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work as an "enumerator" in the agricultural census of 1964 eventually led to her writing a history of the U. S. census, with the cooperation of the Bureau of the Census. Her novel Sam was an American Library Association Notable Book for 1967. Another of her books, On Mother's Lap, was read by Captain Kangaroo on his television program as part of the national Reading is Fundamental literacy initiative. In 1996, the paperback edition of Cowboy Country was awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Honor. Scott is active in the Northern Nevada arts community and is the co-founder of the Annual Art of the Children's Book Festival. She and her husband were co-founders of Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace, a non-profit public benefit corporation in Washoe County, Nevada.
Ann Herbert Scott was born in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and grew up writing. Her first children's book, co-authored with a friend and never published, was written at the age of 13. Many honors and children's books followed with a hiatus to marry and raise a family. Today, Scott is one of America's foremost authors of children's literature. She deftly uses her B.A. in English (University of Pennsylvania) and M.A. in Social Ethics (Yale University) to bring both credibility and wonder to her work. Many of her books deal with western, ethnic, and rural themes.
Scott moved to Reno in 1961, when she married William Taussig Scott (1916-1999), a physics professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work as an "enumerator" in the agricultural census of 1964 eventually led to her writing a history of the U. S. census, with the cooperation of the Bureau of the Census. Her novel Sam was an American Library Association Notable Book for 1967. Another of her books, On Mother's Lap, was read by Captain Kangaroo on his television program as part of the national Reading is Fundamental literacy initiative. In 1996, the paperback edition of Cowboy Country was awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Honor. Scott is active in the Northern Nevada arts community and is the co-founder of the Annual Art of the Children's Book Festival. She and her husband were co-founders of Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace, a non-profit public benefit corporation in Washoe County, Nevada.
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December 5, 2025
This is more of a 2.5 than a three star book, so I rounded up.
The book is out of date, since there are very few surving cattle ranches that are family-owned.) It's kind of sad that Our Protagonist's dream of taking over the ranch had almost zero chance of coming true.
And freeze branding is now generally considered a less painful alternative to traditional fire branding, championed in this book.
The reason given for cutting off part of a calves ear while also branding it is not well explained.
The branding procedure is well explained, which shows you that Our Protagonist had a right to cry about it. If she realy cared, she'd just get the hell out of the business. Which she'd be forced too, anyway. Wonder if she knows what happens to her beloved cattle at slaughterhouses?
At least the illustrations were good. They were full-color watercolors and quite detailed.
The book is out of date, since there are very few surving cattle ranches that are family-owned.) It's kind of sad that Our Protagonist's dream of taking over the ranch had almost zero chance of coming true.
And freeze branding is now generally considered a less painful alternative to traditional fire branding, championed in this book.
The reason given for cutting off part of a calves ear while also branding it is not well explained.
The branding procedure is well explained, which shows you that Our Protagonist had a right to cry about it. If she realy cared, she'd just get the hell out of the business. Which she'd be forced too, anyway. Wonder if she knows what happens to her beloved cattle at slaughterhouses?
At least the illustrations were good. They were full-color watercolors and quite detailed.
September 5, 2016
This story is about a girl names Annie who must learn to be brave. She credits her calf for bravery but actually Annie learns to face fears with role modeling of her family. Annie and her pet calf Doodle are connected for ever on branding day.
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