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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.


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.
==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" />


Grandpa’s star story is adapted from the [[Algonquin mythology|Algonquin myth]], ''The Milky Way''.
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" />


==Synopsis==
Grandpa’s star story is adapted from the [[Algonquin mythology|Algonquin myth]], ''The Milky Way''.<ref name="original-publisher" />
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.


==History==
==History==
In {{year|1997}}, ''A Campfire For Cowboy Billy'' was the first book [[published]] by ''Wendy K. Ulmer''. The first edition was a [[hardcover]] book under [[Northland Publishing]]. In {{year|2011}} the second edition was published under [[Taylor Trade Publishing]] and in {{year|2019}} the third edition was sold back to Wendy Ulmer's publishing company, {{link-i|[[Wooly Moon Books]]}}.
In {{year|1997}}, ''A Campfire For Cowboy Billy'' was the first book [[published]] by ''Wendy K. Ulmer''. The first edition was a [[hardcover]] book under [[Northland Publishing]]. In {{year|2011}} the second edition was published under [[Taylor Trade Publishing]] and in {{year|2019}} the third edition was sold back to Wendy Ulmer's publishing company, {{link-i|[[Wooly Moon Books]]}}.<ref name="self-ref" />


==Reviews==
==Awards==
[[File:Cowboy2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Children at a book signing]]
* {{year|1998}} Finalist - ''Small Press Awards, [[Jenkins Group]]'' <ref name="cowboy-award" />
<p>&nbsp;</p>
{{Blockquote|text=The story is so special and so comforting for all of us. |author=Anonymous}}
 
{{Blockquote|text=This is a useful edition to collections in which cowboy fantasies... are popular or where stories about dealing with the death of a beloved relative are needed. |author=SLJ}}
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==See also==
==See also==
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==Authority control==
==Authority control==
* {{WorldCat|id=36877451}}
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/36877451 A Campfire for Cowboy Billy] at [[WorldCat]]
* {{LCAuth|id=97019554}}
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* {{ISBN|978-0-57852-970-7}}


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* {{cite book| last=Ulmer |first=Wendy K. |author-link=Wendy K. Ulmer |year=2019 |title=A Campfire for Cowboy Billy |others=Illustrated by: Kenneth J. Spengler |isbn=978-0-57852-970-7 |publisher=[[Wooly Moon Books]] |publication-place=[[Arrowsic, Maine]] |url=https://www.wendyulmer.com/books/a-campfire-for-cowboy-billy.html |type=Paperback |edition=3rd |orig-date=First published 1997}}
* {{cite book| last=Ulmer |first=Wendy K. |author-link=Wendy K. Ulmer |year=2019 |title=A Campfire for Cowboy Billy |others=Illustrated by: Kenneth J. Spengler |isbn=978-0-57852-970-7 |publisher=[[Wooly Moon Books]] |publication-place=[[Arrowsic, Maine]] |url=https://www.wendyulmer.com/books/a-campfire-for-cowboy-billy.html |type=Paperback |edition=3rd |orig-date=First published 1997}}


==References==
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<ref name="original-publisher">Synopsis provided by the original [[publisher]]. {{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Campfire_for_Cowboy_Billy/UHJ4xgEACAAJ |title=A Campfire for Cowboy Billy |author=[[Northland Publishing]] |date=<!--Not stated--> |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=March 9, 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="self-ref">Correspondence between the [[author of this article]] and [[Wendy K. Ulmer]], {{start date|2019}}-{{end date|2023}}</ref>
<ref name="cowboy-award">{{cite web |url=https://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1790 |title=1998 Small Press / IPPY Book Awards Results |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=1998 |publisher=Independent Publisher |access-date=March 9, 2023}}</ref>
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A Campfire for Cowboy Billy
A Campfire for Cowboy Billy book cover
Book cover
AuthorWendy K. Ulmer
IllustratorKenneth J. Spengler
Country United States
LanguageAmerican English
SubjectBereavement
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherWooly Moon Books
Publication date
1997
Media typePaperback
Pages32
ISBN978-0-57852-970-7 3rd ed.
WebsiteOfficial website

A Campfire for Cowboy Billy is the first book written by Wendy K. Ulmer and illustrated by Kenneth J. Spengler in 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.[1]

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.[1]

Grandpa’s star story is adapted from the Algonquin myth, The Milky Way.[1]

History

In 1997, A Campfire For Cowboy Billy was the first book published by Wendy K. Ulmer. The first edition was a hardcover book under Northland Publishing. In 2011 the second edition was published under Taylor Trade Publishing and in 2019 the third edition was sold back to Wendy Ulmer's publishing company, Wooly Moon Books.[2]

Awards

See also

Authority control

External Links

Citation

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Synopsis provided by the original publisher. Northland Publishing. "A Campfire for Cowboy Billy". Retrieved March 9, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Correspondence between the author of this article and Wendy K. Ulmer, 2019 (2019)-2023 (2023)
  3. ↑ "1998 Small Press / IPPY Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher. 1998. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
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