The Zebra-Riding Cowboy: A Folk Song From the Old West

Medearis, Angela Shelf

ISBN 10: 0805053026 / ISBN 13: 9780805053029

Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Zebra-Riding Cowboy: A Folk Song From the Old West
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805053026
• ISBN 13: 9780805053029
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Brusca, Marķa Cristina
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When a bespectacled stranger shows up at the Z-Bar Ranch asking to borrow a horse, the cowboys think they'll have some fun. They offer him the Zebra Dun, the meanest, wildest, most ornery horse around. But this newcomer not only rides the Zebra Dun with ease, he also out-wrangles every other hand on the ranch-- proving that every educated fellow's not a plumb greenhorn.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 4-- Bold illustrations for this old cowboy song masterfully set straight many myths about the Old West and its inhabitants. A ``citified,'' educated dude shows up at the Cimarron camp looking for a job. Conspiring to trick him, the cowpokes mount him on the meanest, orneriest horse around, the Zebra Dun. But for all the nasty moves Dunny makes, the stranger outwits him, forcing the chagrined cowboys to concede, ``Every educated fellow's not a plumb greenhorn.'' Brusca's bright, cartoon watercolors are packed with tall-tale action, campfire contrasts, and startling perspectives. The stylish, bespectacled African-American is surrounded by a wide ethnic variety of cowpunchers: Mexican, African, and Anglo-American. The musical score and Medearis's afterword explaining the motivation for and findings in her research will provide ideas for innumerable spin-off activities in music, drama, art, language arts, and social studies.
-Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TX
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