Buttermilk Biscuit Boy, The - Hardcover

Nelson, Amanda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455619701 ISBN 13: 9781455619702

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Yee-haw! It's breakfast time! It's a laugh on every page when two cowboys try to make breakfast and instead make a buttermilk biscuit that comes alive! The buttermilk biscuit boy is sure he can outrun the cowpokes and takes off like a shot. They are joined by hungry pigs, cows, ponies, and a wily coyote as they pursue the smug pastry through pastures far and wide. When they come to a wide canal, it looks like the buttermilk biscuit boy might be stuck with no way out. Will he escape the famished, grumpy group? Or will his plans melt like hot butter on a crumbly biscuit? This spunky country twist on the classic tale and bright, playful illustrations will delight readers of all ages.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

It's just another quiet morning on Lazy Day Ranch when Cowboy Jack and Cowboy Dan decide to make a big buttermilk-biscuit breakfast. For fun, Cowboy Jack gives the biscuit butter-pat eyes and a strawberry jam mouth before setting the skillet on the fire to cook. Before either of the hungry cowpokes can taste even a morsel of the mouthwatering biscuit, it sprouts arms and legs and runs away! Cowboy Jack and Cowboy Dan aren't about to give up their breakfast so easily-they chase the buttermilk biscuit boy past hungry pigs, cows, and horses, who all shout "Stop you little varmint! We're hungry and we want to eat you!" as they join in the chase. The pursued pastry runs until he reaches a wide canal with a cunning coyote lurking at its edge. It'll take all of the buttermilk biscuit boy's luck to keep him safe until he reaches the other side, where even more dangers await.

Author Amanda S. Nelson gives this playful adaptation of the classic folktale a country twist. Illustrator Laurie Klein hilariously depicts the hapless cowboys and hungry livestock chasing their breakfast across the prairie. Readers will enjoy the smug antics of the buttermilk biscuit boy as he runs and calls "Yeehaw, yippee-ki-yay! Y'all can't snag me, I'm gonna go play!"

Amanda S. Nelson earned her BS in elementary education from Florida Gulf Coast University. A kindergarten teacher for many years, Nelson has been honored with the Brilliant Orange Award for Hendry County first-year teachers and the 2010 Edward A. Upthegrove Elementary School Teacher of the Year Award. Nelson, a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, lives with her husband near Fort Myers, Florida.

Laurie Klein earned her BS from Maryville College. She has worked as a freelance artist for more than twenty-five years and has served as the on-staff artist for a local marine park for more than fifteen years. The illustrator of numerous children's books and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Klein has earned many awards for her work, including the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association's Outstanding Pennsylvania Author/Illustrator Award, a gold medal Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Award, three Teachers Choice Awards, and the Moonbeam Children's Book Award. Klein lives with her family in St. Augustine, Florida.

About the Author:

Amanda S. Nelson worked as a kindergarten teacher for nearly fifteen years after earning her BS in elementary education from Florida Gulf Coast University. While teaching, she was honored with the prestigious Brilliant Orange Award, which is given to Hendry County's best first-year teachers, and was later named the 2010 Teacher of the Year for Edward A. Upthegrove Elementary School. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Nelson lives with her husband, Danny, on her family ranch near Fort Myers, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1455619701
• ISBN 13: 9781455619702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Klein Laurie