Paperback. This is the true tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived.A note about the history of the black West and a bibliography are included.'The text is fascinating, and the oil paintings on scratchboard are full of energy and motion, matching the book's powerful mood.'--School Library Journal The true sweat-and-dirt tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. Includes a note about the history of the black West and a bibliography. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy (Paperback)
Publisher: Voyager Paperbacks, Oxford
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0152021035
ISBN 13: 9780152021030
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian
Condition: new

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The true sweat-and-dirt tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. Includes a note about the history of the black West and a bibliography.

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Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times best-selling author of several books for young readers, including the novel Bird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club for Kids pick, and Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Additional works include the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor book Duke Ellington, illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney; and Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Honor book and winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City.

Brian Pinkney is a celebrated picture-book illustrator who has won two Caldecott Honors. His professional recognition includes the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors. He has collaborated with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, on several picture books including Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra and Sleeping Cutie. The Pinkneys live in Brooklyn, New York.

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