Washoe County Library System

"Roy has a cowboy hat. He has cowboy boots. Now Roy wants to be a real cowboy! He goes to a dude ranch, where he can do lots of cowboy things. But at the ranch, Roy finds out that being a real cowboy is much harder than he expected"--P. [4] of cover.

When Charlie loses his appetite and is not even tempted by bacon, a worried Mama takes the faithful basset hound to the veterinarian, where his nerves are soothed by a friendly puppy.

Arriving in Texas to claim the rundown ranch left to her by her father, out-of-work wedding planner Mariah Callahan finds an encounter with cowboy Joe Daniels stirring her guilt, her heartstrings, and her cowgirl roots.

Cattleman Homer Bannon is a walking advertisement for traditional, old-frontier morals--in contrast to his stepson, Hud. Homer's grandson Lonnie is torn between emotions for his father and grandfather as he struggles to define his own identity. Horseman, Pass By tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. Caught in the middle is the narrator,...

A new calf and a ranch's loyal herding dog disagree, but eventually they learn to get along together.

"Days before her wedding, Rainy Dale jumps at a chance to visit the fabled Black Bluff bull sale down in California, but things go awry when she is assaulted and her truck is stolen. In this twist on the "locked-room" form, more than one mystery is hidden on the ranch where Rainy and her dog, Charlie, end up. Everyone-the owners, ranch hands, angry neighbors, and perhaps even the deliveryman who brings coke coal for the ranch's old-fashioned forge-is...