The Cow That Wanted To Be A Horse
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This story starts in Colorado, and slowly makes it's way down to New Mexico. It all starts with an adventurous colt named smokey. He is part of a loving herd along with his mom. He gets in a lot of trouble, such as sticking his nose witch nearly gets scratched up by a wolf and having his mom save him. Later in the book Smokey gets rounded up in a corral. The bronc buster chooses This book is about a cow horse named smokey it's written with western slang so you feel like your part of the book. The bronc buster chooses him out of the herd. The bronc buster Clint tames smokey so well that when Clint passed out on a morning run Smokey carried him back to the ranch!
The two become very good friends, and have a bond that no other rider could ever have with a horse. To find out more read the book , I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone! The illustrations are what set this edition apart.
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Front cover pasteboard, front and back endsheets, and 6 more color full page plates throughout the text. The first reproductions of James' oils. His art makes all the difference. His story isn't bad either; sort of standard Black Beauty West but for a kid's book it's all good stuff. I started out by reading animal stories; I loved them and this 'Smoky' is as good as it gets. But then there was this jolt a The illustrations are what set this edition apart. But then there was this jolt at page Maybe even could be considered progressive for the period of our shameful history.
The worst of it is; that attitude is still to this day way too prevalent. The Bad Guys there are several are both of dark complexion. White Hat; Black Hat; ethics for the simple-minded. It's a shame he drank himself to an early grave. His art and writing both suffered as the alcohol took over his life.
When I was a little kid; Cowboy was King. I seem to be going through a spell of obsessing on the life and works of Will James. First edition copies of his books are a tad expensive.
This was one of my most cherished books as a child. Black Beauty for the cowgirl. During the next several years, he drifted, worked at several jobs, was briefly jailed for cattle rustling, served in the army, and began selling his sketches and in sold his first writing, Bucking Horse Riders. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. I was actually surprised that I liked the book.
Just can't see buying a modern reproduction. I want the feel of those ninety-some years. I am so very glad to finally have this book finished. Back during my horse book fetish of my early teens, I may have enjoyed this a bit. It does have a very slow beginning, spending the first pages on just repetitive trips across the range.
This cow just wants to run around with his friends, the only problem is they're a little faster than he is! Watch the video below wait for the funny ending!. The Cow that Wanted to Be a Horse. Posted by: admin 0 Comments. Author: Rosie Pickles. Series: No. Genre: Children's Picture Book. Publication Year:
Unfortunately, not recommended for racism throughout the second half of the book. I was expecting racism against Native Americans, but, it's actually Mexicans that get the brunt of the racism in this book. You can be treated to the word halfbreed on about I am so very glad to finally have this book finished.
You can be treated to the word halfbreed on about every other page and a rant from the sheriff about having to treat 'halfbreeds' as it they were white. The entire book is written in cowboy slang which feels so over the top that it lacks an authentic feel. I can understand why this would have been popular at some point, who doesn't love a western horse story?
I used to adore them. However, I would say this one has seen its' day.
Now, if this was edited and abridged I would say it could be enjoyable. The front half is too long and the back half too racist. But, it would only take a few changes throughout to be enjoyable for modern children. Nov 01, Anna Smithberger rated it did not like it. I definitely remember reading this book before well before I had goodreads and liking it fine. Trying to read it again, I hated it. It was boring, the dialect bugged me, and I am not a horse girl. Oh god, I am so sorry for disagreeing with Kaia about how horrible this book was!
I got SO attached to Smoky. There were so many ups and downs, and I kept hoping that Clint and Smoky would be reunited. I finished this on a Saturday morning, and I couldn't stop crying. I cried all through breakfast, and morning chores. My daughter thought I was crazy. My husband just laughed at me. Mar 16, Deborah Blair rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Recommended to Deborah by: This was one of my most cherished books as a child. My maternal Grandmother, Florida Bell Irvine Leitch, was an educated school teacher at the turn of the s, when few ladies had educations - - - she would hitch rides on milk wagons to get to the one room school houses that she taught in.
Her family were poor, but good, Presbyterian Scots who dedicated themselves to educating and helping the poor miners' children and others. Although she could only guess at what my mother and aunts were doing This was one of my most cherished books as a child. Although she could only guess at what my mother and aunts were doing to their children, the torture and incest, extremely damaging psychological abuse - she tried to be there for each of us.
Born early with deformed lungs and inability to take antibiotic because of deathly allergies - I was often near death in bed. My grandmother gifted me with books that my abusive mother was not able, because of her pretense of "social normality" able to take from me. My grandmother told me stories of Robert Louis Stephenson also being deathly ill as a child and how he wiled away the time with making mountains of his knees and valleys with the covers that he could make up stories with his tin soldiers and others. He read and then would use his imagination to wile away the times of pain and fever.
I know my grandmother's stories and the inspiration of how Robert Louis Stephenson coped in childhood helped me to do the same - whether when ill and near death or lying in painful shambles after a three hour beating - - - One of the books my Grandmother gifted me with was and original copy of Will James' Smoky The Cow Horse. It contained plate illustrations that James - -a real cowboy, artist, writer and personality had done.
I spent hours imaging I was living with Smokey - - -and living in the safety of nature with him. If you love horses and animals this is a beautiful read. It is a real cowboy tale written by a real cowboy. And if you love it - it is worth searching out on Amazon's used book sellers a copy of the original with the color plates of Will James' illustrations - Nov 14, Wayne Walker rated it really liked it. Smoky is a mouse-colored horse which is born on the range. After a couple of years, he is taken to the Rocking R Ranch where he is trained by a thirty-year-old cowboy named Clint to be a cowhorse.
The cowhorses work during the spring, summer, and fall on the ranch, but are let back out on the range to forage in the winter. Clint, who is especially fond of the mouse-colored horse, always tries to check on Smoky through each winter, but one year he is detained for several reasons, and when he fina Smoky is a mouse-colored horse which is born on the range. Clint, who is especially fond of the mouse-colored horse, always tries to check on Smoky through each winter, but one year he is detained for several reasons, and when he finally goes out on the range he finds that the cowhorse, as well as the whole herd with which he has been hanging out, is gone.
What has happened to Smoky? And will Clint ever see him again?
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It is highly recommended for young horse lovers. Mar 07, Charles rated it really liked it Shelves: In the third grade I think the teacher read a few pages a day from the book. Reading it all these years later was an emotional trip Dow memory lane. Farming, ranching, oil and the military were the economic basis of life in my home town. Maybe half the kids in my elementary school lived out in the country and rode the bus daily to sc In the movie Tex the teacher tells Tex, "You can't do two book reports on Smokey The Cow Horse.
Maybe half the kids in my elementary school lived out in the country and rode the bus daily to school. I'm sure more than a few of us loved the horse training parts and cried over the horse abuse. I'm not sure the teacher read every word. The tough stuff took up the last third. Even now a hundred years later I still was silently urging the cowboy Clint to rescue Smokey sooner than he did. I couldn't stand the suspense finally and turned ahead to see if there was a happy ending.
This book holds up amazingly well for having been first published in May 15, Darlis rated it liked it. I had to hurry up and read this so I could help my grandson Bryan with a book report. I was actually surprised that I liked the book. The first part appeals to my environmental nature by explaining what life is like for wild mustangs out in the wild. I love the descriptions!
The second part appeals to my love of cowboys in the Old West.
I loved the descriptions of branding, roping, cattle drives, round ups, and tales of ranch life. I liked that might not be the right word tales of what happene I had to hurry up and read this so I could help my grandson Bryan with a book report. I liked that might not be the right word tales of what happened to Smoky after the breed stole him. It appeals to my appreciation of a well crafted plot.
The book is filled with drawings and sketches by the author. I am amazed by the details in them. I found out that many people, according to GoodReads, read this as children and then read it to their own children. They all loved and cried over this book. But I liked it a lot. Dec 11, Kristen rated it it was ok Shelves: Newbery Medal Winner This one is two star because the description fits--it was okay.
The first pages or so run long--it's basically a running description of the day-to-day life of Smoky the horse. A run-in with wolves is somewhat exciting, and the processing of breaking Smoky by Clint was interesting, but it kind of gets depressing from there. The one shining moment is when Old Tom tries to take Smoky from Clint and is thrown repeatedly--but what follows is a sad tale of being stolen, a Newbery Medal Winner This one is two star because the description fits--it was okay. The one shining moment is when Old Tom tries to take Smoky from Clint and is thrown repeatedly--but what follows is a sad tale of being stolen, abused, put in a rodeo, abused again, etc.
Even though it has a "happy ending," I still felt really sorry for Smoky most of the time and just wished the humans would have let him remain a wild mustang. Black Beauty for the cowgirl. I understand readers' concerns re: Obviously I don't condone it, but we do understand, don't we, that those attitudes are par for the course in literature that age?
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Instead of being smug and judgmental about the grammar which was intentional, anyway and attitudes, how about using it as a discussion starter about well, a lot of things: Racial attitudes, treatment of Black Beauty for the cowgirl. Racial attitudes, treatment of animals, popular myths about the west.
On its own, I've always thought this was an interesting book in that it fits into the narrow space between the heavily-romanticized, horse-based "Old West" and the modern, mechanized "New West". Jun 06, Erin rated it it was amazing Shelves: It took me a while to get past the cowboy dialect of the narrator -- to stop correcting the grammar in my head as I read -- and to stop hearing Morgan Freeman's voice doing the narrating yes, Morgan Freeman speaking in cowboy dialect was very distracting for me!
This is a beautiful book that will grab your heart, make it sing, and then break it into a million pieces. Told from the point It took me a while to get past the cowboy dialect of the narrator -- to stop correcting the grammar in my head as I read -- and to stop hearing Morgan Freeman's voice doing the narrating yes, Morgan Freeman speaking in cowboy dialect was very distracting for me! Told from the point of view of a range horse, it shows the depth of the relationship between a cowboy and his horse and makes you want to immediately hug any animal in your life that is important to you.
Apr 08, Camilla rated it it was amazing Shelves: Smoky the Cow Horse tells the story of that unique, deep bond that sometimes happens between a human and his pet--although "pet" is a misnomer here. This story is stunning and beautiful, the narrator's unique sit-back-and-let-me-tell-you-a-tale voice patiently tying your heartstrings to Smoky. And--patience is what you need with this book because James takes the time to really develop the relationship between the reader and Smoky. A beautiful story of true love and it's ability to Smoky the Cow Horse tells the story of that unique, deep bond that sometimes happens between a human and his pet--although "pet" is a misnomer here.
A beautiful story of true love and it's ability to heal even the deepest hurts.
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Mar 17, Kathy rated it it was ok Shelves: I never saw a mouse that was the rich black color shown on the cover of this book and in the line drawings within the book. So I did not like that Smoky was continually called a mouse colored horse. I also did not like the old cowboy grammer. I cannot imagine any modern child I know being able to get through this book. Near the end, when Smoky said exactly what I think my horse on few and far between trail rides is saying about me, I had to laugh and think that Clint, Smoky, and Will James reall I never saw a mouse that was the rich black color shown on the cover of this book and in the line drawings within the book.
Near the end, when Smoky said exactly what I think my horse on few and far between trail rides is saying about me, I had to laugh and think that Clint, Smoky, and Will James really did know what each other was thinking. Jul 14, Linds rated it liked it Shelves: This is one of the bigger books, and it started off kind of slow, which can make a person worry. How fascinating can a book written from the perspective of a horse get?
But around halfway through, as Smoky starts to really face peril, I found myself unable to put the book down. I was fully engaged. So while there were a few slow bits, it's not nearly as rough as I thought it would be. Jun 19, Kate rated it it was amazing Shelves: What a writer really. A true to the time story that ranks with all the great Horse writers.
This is one of those authers that is lost to the modern generation. The story was engaging and fun. The views on the mexican population were racest but it is a book of it's time period. The edition I read had the auther's illstrations as well and they were just beautiful. Mar 25, Bronson rated it really liked it Shelves: We read this a couple years ago and my boy who was about 6 at the time loved it. I enjoyed it as well although I found it difficult to read out loud because the grammar the characters use is terrible!
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But that really adds to the fun of the story. Its follows the life of Smoky through good times and bad. I would recommend this to anyone who likes horses or longs for the old west. Mar 21, May rated it it was amazing.
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Aug 07, Lisa rated it it was amazing. I just finished this book because I'm reading all of the Newberry Honor Books thanks to Tammy's great list of them. I loved this book. At Bolderhof Farm in Hemishofen, Switzerland, visitors participate in cow trekking, an opportunity to climb onto a dairy cow and ride through the rivers and woods of the Rhine lowlands. Riders can choose between an hour-and-a-half ride and a four-hour, half-day excursion through the Alpine landscape.
If the idea sounds ridiculous, it's because it had a silly beginning. As Stephanie Rickenbacher, who handles guest relations at the farm, tells Smithsonian. He tried, but the cow did nothing—except spark the idea for the cow rides. That was years ago; now people come from all over the world to take a bovine stroll at the farm.
The first step to successful cow riding is a speed date session with the herd where adults and children alike meet the cows and get acquainted—Morgenegg is a big believer in a good relationship between cows and their riders. Once cows and humans are comfortable, guests must put on a helmet and lead the cows out of the corral. There's a benefit to saddling up a cow instead of a horse: Cows don't really care about the kinds of things that might spook a horse.
The biggest challenge cow trekkers face are stalled rides because of some particularly delicious grass or corn along the route—a problem that can be fixed with a few pets and nice words to the cow. In the worst-case scenario, you may need to hop off and lead the heifer away from the distraction. Cowboys and cowgirls on all tours return to the farm for a picnic-style refreshment of organic meat, cheese, bread and wine. The farm restaurant offers organic cuisine from food grown on-site. After dinner, guests can curl up in a straw bed or take to the top floor of a silo-shaped building with a retractable roof, a view of the stars over nearby Hemishofen, and the sound of cows crooning down below.
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