Showing posts with label cowboys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cowboys. Show all posts

Monday, November 23, 2015

The Dashing White Cowboy - A Lucky Luke Adventure (14)

Lucky Luke, cowboys, children's books, picture book, comics, graphic novel, theater, drama, act, robbery, community, town, horses, light reading, kids' literature, music, By Goscinny and Morris

Year: 2008 (English translation)

Publisher: Cinebook Ltd., Kent

Age: 8 – 10 years

No. of Pages: 46

Book Type: Comic Book

ISBN:  978 1 90546 066 3

Meet Lucky Luke, “the man who shoots faster than his own shadow.” Set in the Wild, Wild West, Lucky Luke, a cool-as-cucumber cowboy chances on a theater group rehearsing. Curious, he follows them into a town to see them perform. He’s puzzled when just before the last act, a robbery occurs. This happens, town after town. They perform and simultaneously, a crime is staged too.  Lucky Luke has to keep his wits about as he tackles a devious criminal.

There’s plenty of humor, wit and hilarious situations to keep young and old engaged. Remember the magic of Asterix comics? It’s all there except set in a different time and place. :-)


Saturday, September 12, 2015

Tortillas for the Daltons - A Lucky Luke Adventure (10)

children's books, kids' literature, Lucky Luke, comics, brothers, fun reading, funny, creative, cowboys, By Goscinny and Morris

Year: 2008 (English translation) (Original in 1971)

Publisher: Cinebook Ltd., Kent

Age: 10 years and above

No. of Pages: 46

Book Type: Comic Book

ISBN:  978 1 90546 049 6

Meet Lucky Luke, “the man who shoots faster than his own shadow.” Set in the Wild, Wild West, Lucky Luke, a cool-as-cucumber cowboy is tasked with unenviable duty of escorting the dubious Dalton brothers from Mexico back into the United States.

There’s plenty of humor, wit and hilarious situations to keep young and old engaged. Remember the magic of Asterix comics? It’s all there except set in a different time and place. :-)

Saturday, August 29, 2015

In the Shadow of the Derricks - A Lucky Luke Adventure (5)

children's books, comics, cowboys, favorite tales, friendship, fun, fun reading, funny, horses, kids' literature, laugh, light reading, Lucky Luke, town, travel, wild animals, wildlife, By Goscinny and Morris

Year: 2007 (English translation)

Publisher: Cinebook Ltd., Kent

Age: 8 – 10 years

No. of Pages: 46

Book Type: Comic Book

ISBN:  978 1 90546 017 5

Meet Lucky Luke, “the man who shoots faster than his own shadow.” Set in the Wild, Wild West, Lucky Luke, the cool-as-cucumber cowboy is sworn in as sheriff of Titusville, a town that’s just discovered oil and plenty of it.

The town, naturally, attracts con artists and men with dubious intentions. It takes all of Lucky Luke’s wits to finish his mission and get rid of the bad people.  

There’s plenty of humor, wit and hilarious situations to keep young and old engaged. Remember the magic of Asterix comics? It’s all there except set in a different time and place. :-)


Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Ghost Town - A Lucky Luke Adventure (2)


Year: 2006

Publisher: Cinebook Ltd., UK

Age: 7 - 10 years

No. of Pages: 46

Book Type: Comic Book

ISBN:  978 1 90546 012 0

Meet Lucky Luke, “the man who shoots faster than his own shadow.” Set in the Wild, Wild West, Lucky Luke, a cool-as-cucumber cowboy unravels the mystery of an isolated and inhospitable town out in the arid desert.

There’s plenty of humor, wit and hilarious situations to keep young and old engaged. Remember the magic of Asterix comics? It’s all there except set in a different time and place. :-)

Thursday, April 2, 2015

The Wagon Train - A Lucky Luke Adventure (9)


Year: 2007 (English translation)

Publisher: Cinebook Ltd., Kent

Age: 8 – 10 years

No. of Pages: 46

Book Type: Comic Book

ISBN:  978 1 90546 040 3

Meet Lucky Luke, “the man who shoots faster than his own shadow.” Set in the Wild, Wild West, Lucky Luke, a cool-as-cucumber cowboy escorts a wagon train across hostile terrain and through inhospitable towns.

There’s plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor, wit and hilarious situations to keep young and old engaged. Remember the magic of Asterix comics? It’s all there except set in a different time and place. :-)



Saturday, August 23, 2014

Cowboy Roy - Puffin Young Readers - Level 2

children's books, fun reading, cowboys, bicycles, imaginationBy Cathy East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski

Year: 2000

Publisher: Penguin Group, USA

Age: 4 and above

No. of Pages: 32

ISBN: 978-0-44841-568-0

A child’s best friend is his imagination and Roy has plenty of it!

Meet Roy, an aspiring cowboy, Meg, his sister and her doll Dolly. Roy desperately wants to learn how to ride his steed, Silver (he thinks it’s his horse but we know it’s just a bicycle ) like the others. 

One day, when Meg is in trouble, Roy and his steed rise up to the occasion and surprise everyone else.

This book belongs to the Puffin Young Readers series. 

Excerpt

So my dad puts on some training wheels.

Meg says, “Try again, Roy. You can do it!”

I try again. I can ride with the training wheels. But do I feel like a cowboy?

No!

I feel like a cowbaby!



Other titles in this series

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Wild West Willy


Year: 1999

Publisher: Picture Lions, Great Britain

Age: 5 and above

No. of Pages: 32

ISBN: 978 0 00664 671 9

Book Type: Picture Book

It’s a hilarious Wild West tale all right! :-)

The simple townsfolk of a brand new town, with errr… no name yet, has been overtaken by Big Bad Bob Bear and his cronies. From then on, it’s a classic tale of David vs. Goliath with a happy, contented ending.

If your children are into cowboys and the Wild West, or not, this book makes for good reading. 

Excerpt

Next morning, Mexican Chicken rode into town.

“Okay, Big Bad Bob, it’s time to go,” ordered the Chicken.

“Mexican Chicken!” barked Big Bad Bob’s fox. “My favorite!”

And he chased that Chicken right out of town.