An ideal book for little boys ages 2 and up is Tex. Tex is the story of Luke, a little boy who lives near the ocean, but dreams of being a real cowboy - climbing tall mountains, running through wide open fields, stomping his dusty cowboy boots, and with a pony for a best friend.
In his dreams, Luke becomes Tex, a rugged cowboy, and we see through a child’s imagination the charm of daily existence on a working ranch. Readers follow Tex through the day, meet his 4-legged and 2-legged friends, and venture to some unexpected places.
Tex works on the Wymont Ranch out west and each day on the ranch is full of important responsibilities, with ranch chores to do, such as mending fences, and animals to take care of, especially his pony Thunder and his cowdog named Sue.
The books pages are filled with sharp, charming photographs of Tex on his days at the Ranch. Each of the 20 color photos is accompanied by a sentence that explains what Tex is up to, so is an easy book for children to learn to read.
Author Dorie McCullough Lawson is the daughter of writer/ historian David McCullough. She resides in Maine with her husband, painter T. Allen Lawson, and their four children. Read an interview with author Dorie Lawson about how she wrote and took photographs for the book at the Trafalgar Square Books Blog at:
http://horseandriderbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/tsb-author-dorie-mccullough-lawson-talks-about-her-new-book-tex-sheridan-roots-serious-faces-on-little-kids-and-ponies-in-living-rooms/
In his dreams, Luke becomes Tex, a rugged cowboy, and we see through a child’s imagination the charm of daily existence on a working ranch. Readers follow Tex through the day, meet his 4-legged and 2-legged friends, and venture to some unexpected places.
Tex works on the Wymont Ranch out west and each day on the ranch is full of important responsibilities, with ranch chores to do, such as mending fences, and animals to take care of, especially his pony Thunder and his cowdog named Sue.
The books pages are filled with sharp, charming photographs of Tex on his days at the Ranch. Each of the 20 color photos is accompanied by a sentence that explains what Tex is up to, so is an easy book for children to learn to read.
Author Dorie McCullough Lawson is the daughter of writer/ historian David McCullough. She resides in Maine with her husband, painter T. Allen Lawson, and their four children. Read an interview with author Dorie Lawson about how she wrote and took photographs for the book at the Trafalgar Square Books Blog at:
http://horseandriderbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/tsb-author-dorie-mccullough-lawson-talks-about-her-new-book-tex-sheridan-roots-serious-faces-on-little-kids-and-ponies-in-living-rooms/
