A Cow Boy's Tale (The Desert Series)
The bully has a story too.
Gather 'round the campfire, lil' cowpokes - there's a tale to tell.
Jake the rattlesnake was the meanest critter in the desert. He bullied poor Harold the javelina, hissed at every animal who crossed his path, and made the desert a scarier place to be. But underneath all that hissin' and rattlin', Jake was hidin' a hurt nobody could see - and a crush on Gail the quail he didn't dare admit.
When Jake's friend Harold shows up to listen, Jake learns that the bravest thing in the world isn't scarin' folks or shoutin' the loudest. It's kindness. It's the courage to be vulnerable. It's the friendship that doesn't excuse cruelty, but doesn't write you off either. And when Gail's life suddenly hangs in the balance deep inside the haunted Vulture Mine, Jake gets the chance to become the hero he never thought he could be.
Told entirely in cowboy slang around a desert campfire by a friendly old timer, A Cowboy's Tale is a heartwarming, educational rhyming children's book about second chances, empathy, and the bravery it takes to be kind to someone who hasn't been kind to you. Along the way, young readers learn fascinating facts about rattlesnakes and visit the real-life Vulture Mine ghost town outside Wickenburg, Arizona - a piece of real Western history woven into the story.
Book Two of the Desert series, the sequel to The Bravest Javelina. Beautifully illustrated and joyfully rhymed - built for storytime, classroom read-alouds, and the bedtime conversations every parent wants to have.
Ages 4-10
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