From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 31, 2008.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections:
Skip to books for Independent Readers
Skip to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections:
Skip to books for Independent Readers
Skip to books for Young Adults
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Cowboy Small written and illustrated by Lois Lenski Highly Recommended |
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The Brave Cowboy written and illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund Recommended |
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Calico the Wonder Horse written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton Recommended |
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Cowboy Night Before Christmas written and illustrated by James Rice Recommended |
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Pappy's Handkerchief by Devin Scillian and illustrated by Chris Ellison Recommended |
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Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell and illustrated by Ted Rand Recommended (OK not quite about cowboys but a great story about living on the frontier) |
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Bad Day at Riverbend written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Recommended |
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The Cowboy's Christmas written and illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund Suggested |
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Armadillo Rodeo written and illustrated by Jan Brett Suggested |
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Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard by Remy Charlip and illustrated by Tamara Rettenmund Suggested |
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Pecos Bill written and illustrated by Steven Kellogg Suggested |
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Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots On by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by James Rice Suggested |
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Why Cowgirls Are Such Sweet Talkers by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by James Rice Suggested |
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Gift Horse by S. D. Nelson Suggested (Indian Lore) |
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Cowboy Rodeo written and illustrated by James Rice Suggested |
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Texas Night Before Christmas written and illustrated by James Rice Suggested |
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B Is for Buckeroo by Louise Doak Whitney and Gleaves Whitney and illustrated by Susan Guy Suggested |
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A Cowboy Christmas by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Robert Florczak Suggested |
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Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman and illustrated by Laura Bannon Recommended |
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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes Recommended |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry & Wesley Dennis and illustrated by Wesley Dennis Recommended |
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Smoky The Cowhorse by Will James Recommended |
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Silver Canyon by Louis L'Amour Recommended |
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Cowboy (DK Eyewitness series) by David H. Murdoch and illustrated by Geoff Brightling Recommended |
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The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson Recommended |
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Cowboy Country by Ann Herbert Scott and illustrated by Ted Lewin Recommended |
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Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac Suggested |
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In the Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman Suggested |
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The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Amos Bad Heart Bull Suggested |
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Will Jame's Book of Cowboy Stories by Will James Suggested |
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All in the Day's Riding by Will James Suggested |
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Horses I've Known by Will James Suggested |
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Crossfire Trail by Louis L'Amour Suggested |
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The Rider of Lost Creek by Louis L'Amour Suggested |
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Bull's-Eye by Sue Macy Suggested |
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The Journal of Joshua Loper by Walter Dean Myers Suggested |
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Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode and illustrated by Ben Crane Suggested |
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The Good, the Bad and the Goofy by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith Suggested |
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Shane by Jack Schaefer Highly Recommended |
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Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake Recommended |
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The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark Recommended |
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Earle Stegner Recommended |
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These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner Recommended |
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The Virginian by Owen Wister Recommended |
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The Chisholm Trail by Ralph Compton Suggested |
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The Shawnee Trail by Ralph Compton Suggested |
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The Great Trek by Zane Grey Suggested |
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The Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton Suggested |
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The Smiling Country by Elmer Kelton Suggested |
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Suggested |
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