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Slingshot and Burp

Yippee-ki-yay! Saddle up and hit the dusty trail with the wildest bike-ridin' kid cowboys west of the Mississippi! Slingshot and Burp--two pea-shootin', slingshot-totin' cowhands on two wheels--are on the lookout for action. Bleached bones? Bring 'em on! Lost outlaws? Let's go! Hidden loot? Yee haw!...

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Main Author: Haynes, Richard (Author)
Other Authors: Gilpin, Stephen (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
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Cousins > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Yippee-ki-yay! Saddle up and hit the dusty trail with the wildest bike-ridin' kid cowboys west of the Mississippi! Slingshot and Burp--two pea-shootin', slingshot-totin' cowhands on two wheels--are on the lookout for action. Bleached bones? Bring 'em on! Lost outlaws? Let's go! Hidden loot? Yee haw! Rattlesnakes! Scorpions! Ghost cats! Wait, what . . . ? Whoa! Saddled up to battle the boredom of summer, these two double cousins, best friends, and next-door neighbors have fitted themselves out like Old West cowboys to charge boldly (and sometimes bravely) into the southwestern desert that is their backyard. And sure enough, in two rattles of a snake's tail, the boys find themselves boots-deep in adventure, dodging sisters, jail time, coyotes, and squirting skulls! Boll weevil!
Physical Description:100 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:0763670766
9780763670764
Author Notes:Richard Haynes (1952-2024) grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, one of nine children. Every day of his boyhood was filled with adventure, much of it in the great outdoors. He was the author of Elephant Bowling and Other Animal Play and its companion book, Orangutan Hats and Other Tools Animals Use , both illustrated by Stephanie Laberis. In a starred review of Orangutan Hats , Kirkus Reviews predicted that readers would "devour this dynamic and informative explanation of the inventiveness to be found within the animal world." Richard Haynes was also the author of the early chapter book Slingshot and Burp , illustrated by Stephen Gilpin, which Publishers Weekly described as "a boisterous tale that speaks to long summer days of (mostly) unfettered freedom."

Stephen Gilpin has illustrated more than thirty books for children, including the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk? books by Lin Oliver. Stephen Gilpin lives in Kansas.

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