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    Rodeo Queen
    Rodeo Queen
    Rodeo Queen
    Ebook80 pages37 minutes

    Rodeo Queen

    By Marci Peschke and Tuesday Mourning

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    When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean decides she wants to be the Rodeo Queen! But to do that, she must learn rodeo tricks.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781479560516
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    Marci Peschke

    Marci Bales Peschke was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and now lives in Texas, where she is a librarian. She has lived in three haunted houses, but now lives with her husband, two children, and a feisty black and white cat named Phoebe. She loves reading and watching movies.

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      My daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and n...moreMy daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and not giving up if there are set backs. I would encourage all little girls to read Kylie Jean Rodeo Queen and to find a dream of their own!
    • 3/5
      Eight year old Kylie Jean wants nothing more than to be a beauty queen! She practices her beauty queen wave all the time so she can be ready when the big day comes. When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean is struck by the rodeo queen riding in the parade. She makes up her mind that if she cannot be a beauty queen, then perhaps she can be a rodeo queen. Kylie enlists the help of all of her family members—from her uncle to her grandmother—to try to find a rodeo event she can learn in two weeks. When her dad buys a new horse and says it can be hers, she turns to her grandmother (who was once a rodeo queen herself) to teach Kylie how to barrel race. What follows is a whirlwind of bonding with her new horse, Star, and training for the rodeo, culminating in the big event itself.Kylie Jean is a wonderfully spirited character, who brings a taste for the Texas lifestyle to this transitional chapter book. Her family is loveable, and her relationship with her dog, Ugly Brother, is endearing. Kylie’s love for the color pink is emphasized in the cartoon drawings that are dispersed throughout the story, where it is the only color present other than black. While this is cute, her affinity for all things pink is mentioned excessively throughout the story. It is also hard to believe that an eight-year-old could learn barrel racing in just two weeks. Even though Kylie becomes interested in winning the barrel race competition, the end of the book finds her back at her old self, hoping to be a beauty queen, and the character growth that happened during the story is lost. Best suited for grades 3-5. 

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    On Saturday morning, I’m standing on Main Street with Momma, Daddy, and my brothers. The sky is as baby blue as a robin’s egg, and there is a cool breeze jiggling the new green leaves on the trees. Bright yellow flowers that look like tiny stars are popping up everywhere. Yup, it’s springtime, all right!

    Today is the Great Spring Round-Up. Once a year, the cowboys have a parade right down Main Street. It happens two weeks before the Wild West Rodeo.

    Ugly Brother really likes to come see the cowdogs. He thinks they are something else. I do too. Did you know a cowdog can make a big ole cow move any ole place? I ask Ugly Brother.

    He answers, Ruff ruff! Two barks means yes, and one bark means no.

    I wish the parade would hurry up and start so we could see some of those dogs. When the Round-Up starts we’ll hear a lot of noise, but I don’t hear anything yet. But as I’m peering down the street, I see Pa walking toward us. He’s wearing his Western shirt, jeans, boots, and a big cowboy hat.

    Kylie Jean, just look at you in that pink cowboy hat! Pa calls. He knows pink is my color. He gives me a big squeezy hug. Then he gives Momma one, too.

    Are you ready to see some real cowboys? he asks.

    Sure am, I say. Just then we hear people start to whoop and whistle.

    Daddy’s the tallest of all of us, so he can see the farthest down the crowded street. He shouts, Here they come!

    Soon, I can hear the horses’ hooves as they tap-dance down the brick street. I jump up and down, up and down, but all I can see are the backs of a whole lotta folks.

    Daddy, I can’t see! I whine.

    Daddy laughs. He asks, How about a piggyback ride? Then he bends down so I can jump on his back and hug his neck real tight.

    All the people push up to the street just like waves in the ocean. Everyone wants to see!

    I can see the tip-tops of the flags carried by the three riders in the front of the parade. The flag on the right is the red, white, and blue of the U.S. of A. In the middle is the cowboy flag. It’s brown, with a yellow cowboy riding a bucking bronco. On the left is our very own Texas Lone Star flag.

    You have to be a special celebrity to carry a flag. Plain folks just don’t get to do it.

    The flags are passing us now, but behind them I can see the chuckwagons. The lead wagon has lots of shiny pots hanging down the sides, and it’s neater than a pin.

    Up on the buckboard, holding the reins, is Pa’s brother, Uncle Bay.

    Uncle Bay! I shout. It’s me, Kylie Jean, from your family!

    He grins and waves at me. I wave back my beauty queen wave: nice and slow, side to side. Uncle Bay is a world-famous chuckwagon cook. He won the National Cowboy Cook-Off. His barbecue is good, but it was his peach cobbler that done

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