Texas Zeke and the Longhorn - Paperback

by David Davis (Author)

This retelling of the English folktale The Old Woman and Her Pig features a Texas cowboy and an ornery Longhorn. A whole chain of events must be set into motion before Zeke can get home for a big bowl of chili.

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"The straightforward language rolls off the storyteller's tongue [and] the colorful cartoon illustrations cleverly convey the action. . . . Altogether, this softer interpretation of the folktale will fit in with current sensibilities."
-School Library Journal

"A contagious read-aloud youngsters will love just as much as I did."
-Susan Farrington, Sanford (NC) Herald

"This book is just downright fun to read!"
-Jan Peck, author of Way Out West on My Little Pony

The author of Trucker's Night Before Christmas and Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book has another Texas tale to tell. Gather 'round and listen to the adventures of a frustrated cowboy and his stubborn steer, and how difficult it can be to get home for supper!

Old Texas cowboy Zeke is looking forward to a hot bowl of chili, but to get it, he must get his newly purchased steer into the corral. By enlisting the help of a collie, a mesquite stick, a campfire, a javelina, a burro, a prickly pear cactus, an armadillo, a pretty gal, and a mockingbird, he finally gets his dinner-but not without the possibility of the antics starting all over again!

Told in the author's inimitable native Texan voice, this humorous story makes for great read-aloud fun. The book is full of colorful vocabulary reflecting the Southwest region and encourages children to follow along with its repetition of objects, animals, and actions.