Cattle Kids: A Year on the Western Range

by Cat Urbigkit

Book Overview

American Farm Bureau Foundation for Education Recommended Book

Cowboys aren't necessarily boys, and they aren't necessarily grown-ups, either. In this lively photo essay, young readers will meet girls and boys who live a unique way of life on their families' cattle ranches.

Cowgirls and cowboys take part in many aspects of livestock operations, from calving and branding to haying and rounding up the herd. With a colorful and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590785088
• ISBN13: 9781590785089
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children

On cattle ranches across the western part of the United States, plenty of children help their families with the livestock operations. These "cattle kids" perform various tasks, including checking on the cows while they are calving, forking hay, helping with vaccinations for the calves, operating the machinery, and gathering the herds. This instructive book offers readers a detailed description of raising, herding, and selling cattle for the production of beef and leather goods. The text is straightforward about the destiny of most of the cattle, and the rich display of photographs further provides an inside look at the ranch work. Adults can use this book to teach children a valuable lesson about natural resources and how certain food products reach the market.

A delightful, honest, and accurate portrayal of genuine ranch life.

IRA Notable Book author Cat Urbigkit presents Cattle Kids: A Year on the Western Range is a children's picturebook all about life as a cowboy or cowgirl - a job that isn't entirely restricted to grown-ups! Beautiful, full-color photography illustrates this exciting portrayal of young people helping adults look after cattle, from calving and branding to haying and rounding up the herd. A delightful, honest, and accurate portrayal of genuine ranch life.