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{{Short description|Children's literature by Wendy K. Ulmer}} | {{Short description|Children's literature by Wendy K. Ulmer}} | ||
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| description = Join Cowboy Billy on his imaginative ride through the city, remembering the lessons he learned from his cowboy Grandpa | |||
| image = A-campfire-for-cowboy-billy.jpg | |||
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{{Header links}} | {{Header links}} | ||
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| language = [[American English]] | | language = [[American English]] | ||
| subject = [[Bereavement]] | | subject = [[Bereavement]] | ||
| genre = [[Children's | | genre = [[Children's picture book]] | ||
| publisher = {{link-i|[[Wooly Moon Books]]}} | | publisher = {{link-i|[[Wooly Moon Books]]}} | ||
| pub_date = {{ | | pub_date = {{year|1997}} | ||
| media_type = [[Paperback]] | | media_type = [[Paperback]] | ||
| pages = 32 | | pages = 32 | ||
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'''A Campfire for Cowboy Billy''' is the first book written by {{link-i|[[Wendy K. Ulmer]]}}. This [[children's book]] brings a gentle message of comfort to youngsters [[suffering the loss]] of a loved one while encouraging imagination and showing them a way to move forward. | '''A Campfire for Cowboy Billy''' is the first book written by {{link-i|[[Wendy K. Ulmer]]}} and [[illustrated]] by Kenneth J. Spengler in {{year|1997}}. This [[children's book]] brings a gentle message of comfort to youngsters [[suffering the loss]] of a loved one while encouraging imagination and showing them a way to move forward. | ||
==Synopsis== | |||
Grab your hats and ride along with Cowboy Billy on his mail run to 44th Street. Follow Billy on his adventurous journey as he weaves through an imaginary landscape where he dodges rustlers on bicycles, sheriffs directing stalled traffic, and chuck-wagon cooks dishing up hot dogs. Billy's imaginative journey will delight cowboys, cowgirls and tenderfeet of all ages.<ref name="original-publisher" /> | |||
Join Cowboy Billy on his imaginative ride through the city, remembering the lessons he learned from his cowboy Grandpa. One legend about the stars helps Billy still feel close to Grandpa as he looks at the night sky.<ref name="original-publisher" /> | |||
Grandpa’s star story is adapted from the [[Algonquin mythology|Algonquin myth]], ''The Milky Way''.<ref name="original-publisher" /> | |||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
* [[Jenkins Group]] | * {{year|1998}} Finalist - ''Small Press Awards, [[Jenkins Group]]'' <ref name="cowboy-award" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Authority control== | ==Authority control== | ||
* | * [https://www.worldcat.org/title/36877451 A Campfire for Cowboy Billy] at [[WorldCat]] | ||
* {{LCAuth|id=97019554}} | * {{LCAuth|id=97019554}} | ||
* {{d|Q112136771}} | |||
* {{ISBN|978-0-57852-970-7}} | * {{ISBN|978-0-57852-970-7}} | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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[[File:Cowboy2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Children holding books by ''Wendy K. Ulmer'']] | |||
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[[Category:Books by Wendy K. Ulmer]] | [[Category:Books by Wendy K. Ulmer]] | ||