Nellie and the Bandit

by Eileen Ross and Erin Eitter Kono

A feisty sheriff's daughter must save the day When Desperado Dan, the meanest bandit in the West, breaks out of jail, Nellie knows exactly what to do. She has to warn her pa, who is the local sheriff. Along the way to the Cripple Creek Gold Mine, she encounters a stranger, none other than the dangerous outlaw himself! Suddenly Nellie has to gather her wits and come up with a plan to outsmart him. This rollicking tale is made all the more fun by richly colored illustrations bustling with the spirit of the Old West.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374355088
• ISBN13: 9780374355081
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Cute Book about Mischevious Girl and a Bandit!

Nellie is being held hostage by an evil bandit that escapes from jail. She must use her wits to get away from him. One way is to not be afraid and mistake him for someone else! Will it work? Desperado Dan is very frustrated by Nellie, she thinks he is the new preacher or the teacher or the circuit judge. Can't she understand what trouble she's in? Guess not!