A Campfire for Cowboy Billy

A Campfire for Cowboy Billy
	Book cover
Author	Wendy K. Ulmer
Illustrator	Kenneth J. Spengler
Country	United States
Language	American English
Subject	Bereavement
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Wooly Moon Books
Publication date	1997; 2011; 2019;
Media type	Paperback
Pages	32
ISBN	978-0-57852-970-7 3rd ed.
Website	Official website

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A Campfire for Cowboy Billy is the first book written by 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Reviews

Children at a book signing

The story is so special and so comforting for all of us.
— Anonymous

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.
— SLJ

Authority control

Wendy K. Ulmer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Wendy K. Ulmer at Library of Congress Authorities
Wendy K. Ulmer at VIAF 31278286
K. Ulmer A Campfire for Cowboy Billy at Wikidata

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Citation

Ulmer, Wendy K. (2019) [First published 1997]. A Campfire for Cowboy Billy (Paperback). Illustrated by: Kenneth J. Spengler (3rd ed.). Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-57852-970-7.