Tall In The Saddle - Hardcover

Carter, Anne Laurel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1551431548 ISBN 13: 9781551431543

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

When a little boy's father leaves for work one morning, the boy follows him to find everything change: a bicycle becomes a bucking bronco and the streets become dusty trails filled with hungry cattle herds and cattle rustlers.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Laurel Carter is a multi-award-winning author of books for children, including Under the Prairie Sky (Orca 2004). When she's not writing, she's reading. Anne lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she works full-time as a teacher-librarian.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this sweet but confusing picture book, a boy imagines his father's work day spent not in an office, but out on the range and tall in the saddle. After a father-son game of cowboys one morning, Dad "leaves for work in his suit and tie, still wearing his boots." From there he borrows a bike from a neighbor (which transforms into a horse) and heads into the boy's fantasy world. After herding cattle, lassoing two neighborhood tattletales and diverting the Rotten Rustler Gang, Dad "rides back slowly up through the city" to meet his son at the end of the day. Young cowpokes will likely be baffled by the unclear chain of events here. Though her premise is fanciful, first-time author Carter fails to make a distinction between the real and the fantastic. McPhail's dusty, sun-splashed paintings depict an action-packed horseback adventure, but also add to the confusion. In most scenes, the boy gallops alongside his father, reporting on his exploits, yet the boy also greets Dad when he returns home from "work" at story's end, as if he hasn't seen him all day. Those willing to cast logic to the wind in favor of pleasing scenery will enjoy McPhail's foray into the Wild West. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1551431548
• ISBN 13: 9781551431543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: McPhail David