The Cowboy ABC
 Chris Demarest
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 1999 A DK Ink Book, DK Publishing NY USA
  ISBN: 0789425092


The spirit of the West rides again in tribute to cowboys & cowgirls. The horses are saddled, the dogs are barking & it's time to hit the trail for one more cattle drive - the last roundup from A to Z.

A is for Appaloosa, a trusty steed,
B is for Buckaroo, who rides at top speed
C is for the cattle that follow the trail...

& on through the alphabet of the wild & woolly West where tumbleweed & jinglebobs, farriers & vests live on, riding the trail to slumberland.

From Chris Demarest's watercolor paintings of a cowpoke soaking in a metal tub with hat on head & reading a book to the elk up in the mountains, to the dogs herding the cattle on vast prairies to prairie dogs & star filled nights, evoke a wonderful time in our memories & some sweet poetry from which to learn.

A delightful, humorous & evocative alphabet book. It will make a great gift.

Chris Demarest is the illustrator of more than 40 books for children & the author of half of those. Some favorites are Ralph Leemis' Smart Dog & My Blue Boat & Cynthia DeFelice's Casey in the Bath. Among Chris' many books are All Aboard! & the perennial favorites: Plane, Ship, Bus & Train.
(10/01/00)

Rebecca