Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo
2014; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 68; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2014.0661
ISSN1558-6766
Autores ResumoReviewed by: Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo Kate Quealy-Gainer DiCamillo, Kate Leroy Ninker Saddles Up; illus. by Chris Van Dusen. (Tales from Deckawoo Drive)Candlewick, 2014 [96p] Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-7636-6339-1 $12.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-7636-7408-3 $12.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 2-4 Pint-sized Leroy Ninker, previously appearing in Mercy Watson Fights Crime, dreams of riding off into the sunset like the silver screen cowboys he so admires, but he’s missing one key cowboy essential—a horse. Fortunately, his pal Beatrice knows just where to find one and soon Leroy has procured himself “the most beautified horse in the whole wide green world,” Maybelline. Maybelline, however, proves to be a very particular horse, one that expects to be blandished with purdy words at every turn, enjoys a fair amount of grub, and detests, absolutely detests, being left alone. Readers will have a hootenanny of a good time as this rookie cowboy learns to deal with these characteristics, and they’ll be especially pleased to find that the pair’s adventures (or misadventures) land them back on Deckawoo Drive meeting up with a few familiar faces from the Mercy Watson series, including that toast-loving pig. The text is lengthier here than in those books and the sentence structure more complicated, but there’s still the same skillful use of repetition, goofball humor, and easy accessibility. Mercy fans will be quick to cowboy up to this title. Final art not seen. Copyright © 2014 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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